Mark Schneider
Mark Schneider
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Measuring literacy is a complicated task -- one challenge is that we are testing adults, and you don't find them gathered in classrooms.
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It was a mess at first. But the people were unbelievable. They waited, they were patient, they didn't leave.
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As far as I am concerned, this is a totally bone-headed idea. As it stands now, there are way too many 'no turn on red' signs, most of which serve no obvious purpose. As a pedestrian, I've experienced almost no problems with the turn-on-red law.
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Preval has to turn history upside down in Haiti.
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Anything that says that you've got new money coming in, I think, is a good sign, maybe something that would attract a gaming partner that would make them more competitive.
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My client is a medical doctor, practicing in Grafton for the last 10 years. He's an American citizen, he's a major in the U.S. Army Reserve, and he was with his 71-year-old, diabetic, really sick sister.
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Many voters came very early, and some of the centers, particularly the big ones, were overwhelmed. But the patience of the Haitian people is formidable. And the will of the people to vote is truly impressive.
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Even with all the problems, nobody here is saying they want them to leave -- on the left, right, or center. They are needed here not for one year, or two years, but for the next 10 years.
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I've worked in several large companies (e.g., SRI, McGraw-Hill, the United States Postal Service) and never seen anything like it. You couldn't get anything done without filling out a form. There was even a form that you had to fill out when there wasn't any regular form available.
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There is a danger of Morales becoming more closely tied to both Chavez and Castro. The danger is there, but it's not inevitable.
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We've reached a point where the balance now is tilting toward holding the elections. There's less likely to be violence in Haiti's future if they hold elections than if they don't.
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This, of course, leads to all kinds of questions about the extent to which choices will increase stratification and gentrification, ... Choosing Schools.
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We're trying to keep the doors open here, ... Everybody's been promised this money, but we need it to operate.
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The declining impact of education on our adult population was the biggest surprise for us, and we just don't have a good explanation. It may be that institutions have not yet figured out how to teach a whole generation of students who learned to read on the computer and who watch more TV. It's a different kind of literacy.