Income gap creates achievement gap, study says
By Mary Harrison In the past 50 years, socioeconomic status has overtaken race as the primary factor that predicts success between high and low achievers on standardized tests, according to a recently published study by Stanford professor of education Sean Reardon.…
Filmmaker explores ethics and war
By Marshall Watkins In 2007, author, journalist and filmmaker Sebastian Junger embedded himself with a U.S. battle company at a remote outpost in Korengal Valley, an area of eastern Afghanistan widely considered the most dangerous region in the country. He later parlayed this experience into an Academy Award-nominated documentary, “Restrepo,” and…
ASSU Senate concludes debate on banking waiver
By Julia Enthoven The ASSU Undergraduate Senate passed a bill during its Tuesday meeting exempting The Stanford Daily from the ASSU constitutional mandate requiring student groups to bank through Stanford Student Enterprises (SSE). Following a debate that spanned three Senate meetings, although most agreed with the preservation of The Daily’s current…
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