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Suicide surge: Schools confront anti-gay bullying
Oct 09, 2010 17:34 EDT
Suicide surge puts pressure on school officials to rethink how to combat anti-gay bullying. A spate of teen suicides linked to anti-gay harassment is prompting school officials nationwide to rethink their efforts against bullying ? and in the process, risk entanglement in a bitter ideological debate.
Suicide surge: schools confront anti-gay bullying
Oct 09, 2010 12:15 EDT
Suicide surge puts pressure on school officials to rethink how to combat anti-gay bullying. A spate of teen suicides linked to anti-gay harassment is prompting school officials nationwide to rethink their efforts against bullying ? and in the process, risk entanglement in a bitter ideological debate.
Prescott Bush, brother, uncle to presidents, dies
Jun 24, 2010 18:37 EDT
Prescott S. Bush Jr., brother of 41st president and uncle of 43rd, dies at age 87. Prescott S. Bush Jr., brother to one U.S. president and uncle to another, has died after a long illness, according to his family. He was 87.
Man accused of duping Harvard got into Stanford
Jun 09, 2010 16:38 EDT
Del. man who was kicked out of Harvard and is accused of duping school later got into Stanford. A Delaware man charged with faking his way into Harvard was accepted at Stanford University after he was kicked out of the Ivy League school, prosecutors said in court documents filed Wednesday.
Man accused of duping Harvard pleads not guilty
May 18, 2010 16:42 EDT
Delaware man accused of faking academic credentials to get into Harvard pleads not guilty. On paper, Adam Wheeler had undeniably strong credentials to get into Harvard: a perfect SAT score, straight A's at a prestigious prep school and glowing recommendations from four professors at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Del. man charged with faking his way into Harvard
May 17, 2010 16:11 EDT
Delaware man charged with faking his way into Harvard, duping school out of $45,000 in funds. A Delaware man has been charged with faking his way into Harvard and duping the Ivy League school out of $45,000 in financial aid, grants and scholarships.
In NH town, Salinger's privacy is important to all
Jan 28, 2010 19:05 EST
Protecting the recluse author Salinger's privacy lives on in tiny Cornish, NH, after his death. In the small New Hampshire town where recluse J.D. Salinger hid from the world, he lived in bucolic isolation in a hilltop home with commanding southerly views across the Connecticut River, Vermont's ski resorts visible in the distance.
Education reformer Theodore Sizer dies at 77
Oct 22, 2009 23:04 EDT
Theodore Sizer, a leading education reformer and former Ivy League educator, dies at age 77. Theodore Ryland Sizer, a passionate leader in education reform who led Ivy League education departments and progressive high schools, has died after a long battle with colon cancer. He was 77.
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Facts from the Wikipedia page:
| Phillips Academy | |
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| Location | |
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| Andover, Massachusetts, United States | |
| Information | |
| Type | Independent, Boarding |
| Established | 1778 |
| Head of school | Barbara Landis Chase |
| Faculty | 217 |
| Enrollment | 1,102 total 802 boarding 300 day |
| Average class size | 13 students |
| Student:teacher ratio | 5:1 |
| Campus | Suburban, 500 acres (2 km2) |
| Color(s) | Blue and White |
| Athletics | 30 sports |
| Mascot | Gunga the Gorilla |
| Average SAT scores | 2076 (2008) |
| Website | www.andover.edu |
