The Admissions
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Originally published | August 18, 2015 |
Authors | Meg Mitchell Moore |
Genres | Coming-of-Age Fiction |
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ID | 2263341 |
About The Admissions
The Hawthorne family has it all: great jobs, a beautiful house in one of the most affluent areas of northern California, and three charming kids with perfectly straight teeth. Then comes eldest daughter Angela's senior year of high school. Suddenly, everyone is floundering. . . .
Harvard under fire for helping elite skip the queue
... Michael Kippins, a litigation fellow at the legal non-profit Lawyers for Civil Rights that filed the lawsuit, told the BBC he thinks that The Admissions policy is unjustified...
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... Martin Kelly, City of York Council s corporate director of Children and Education, said: " The allocation of special school places always takes account of the circumstances of individual children, and where children are in enhanced resource provision or in mainstream provision this is considered by The Admissions panel with school places allocated on this basis...
Covid Inquiry: Former chief medical officer close to tears over pandemic deaths
... Labour said The Admissions were " too little, too late" adding the Conservatives " cannot be trusted to protect the public from the emergencies of tomorrow"...
Affirmative action: Why this teen says he was rejected by top US colleges
... With a resume boasting high test results, work volunteering for political organisations, prestigious leadership awards and the ability to speak five languages, he entered The Admissions process with confidence...
Phillip Schofield dropped as Prince's Trust ambassador
... ITV on Friday said it was " deeply disappointed by The Admissions of deceit" made by Schofield and confirmed it had cut all ties with the host...
A-levels, T-levels and BTecs: A guide to the 2023 exams
... If you only just miss out on the grades you need to get on to a university or college course, The Admissions office might accept you anyway, or offer you a place on a different course...
Somalia drought: The fight for survival as famine looms
... On The Admissions ward in the city s main hospital, Dr Abdullahi Yussuf moved between beds, checking on his tiny, emaciated patients...
Liverpool schools: The parents tackling admission policies
... But he said the council itself could not build a school to solve The Admissions policy and that a free school or academy would have to be established by external trusts instead...
Covid Inquiry: Former chief medical officer close to tears over pandemic deaths
By Kate WhannelPolitical reporter, BBC News
England's former chief medical officer Dame Sally Davies was close to tears as she apologised to bereaved families by the pandemic at the Covid Inquiry.
" It wasn't just the deaths, it was The Way they died. . it was harrowing and it remains horrible, " She Said .
She also Said the UK did not have enough resilience to cope with the pandemic, with fewer doctors, nurses or hospital beds than similar countries.
The Inquiry is currently examining the UK's preparedness ahead of Covid.
At the same hearing, George Osborne Said his spending cuts meant the UK was better able to cope with the pandemic.
The former chancellor argued that without austerity Britain would have been " more exposed" and rejected claims his approach left the health and social care " depleted" ahead of the Covid pandemic.
Last week Sir Michael Marmot , a professor of epidemiology at University College London that the UK had entered the pandemic with " depleted" public services.
Asked by inquiry lawyer Kate Blackwell KC if he agreed with The Statement , Mr Osborne Said : " Most certainly not, I completely reject that. "
He accepted more money could have been spent on the NHS, but Said as chancellor he had to balance demands for resources from other public services.
" You can't just say we like public spending to be higher without explaining where you get money from, " he told The Inquiry .
He Said The Public had elected the Conservatives to government in 2010 and 2015 knowing The Party was planning to cut public spending.
During the period, cuts were introduced in welfare spending, school building programs, local government, police, courts and prisons. There was also an overall squeeze on health spending.
'No planning'Mr Osborne - who was chancellor from 2010 to 2016 - Said : " If we had not done that Britain would have been more exposed, not just to future things like the coronavirus pandemic, but indeed to the fiscal crisis which very rapidly followed in countries across Europe.
" If we had not had a clear plan to put The Public finances on a sustainable path then Britain might have experienced a fiscal crisis, we would not have had the Fiscal Space to deal with the coronavirus pandemic when it hit. "
Other organisations have questioned this claim. Phil Banfield of The British Medical Association Said a " failure to ensure the NHS was properly staffed and resourced in the decade leading up to the pandemic, meant that when it did arrive, there was no capacity to meet The Tsunami of demand. "
On Monday, the Trades Union Congress (TUC) which Said austerity had led to unsafe staffing in public services leaving the UK " hugely unprepared" for Covid.
During the One Hour 20 minute question session, Mr Osborne was also asked about the Treasury's planning for potential national lockdown.
He Said The Department had plans for an outbreak of influenza but added " given what subsequently happened that was very small scale".
" There was no planning done by Treasury - or any western Treasury - for asking the entire population to stay At Home for months and months on end.
" If someone had Said to you the UK government should be preparing for a lockdown that might last for months, then I have No Doubt the Treasury would have developed schemes it did subsequently develop around The Furlough and the Covid loans.
" Planning could have been done for a furlough scheme in Advance - I'm not clear that would have made a better furlough scheme than The One we as a country actually saw. "
'Damaged A Generation 'Following Mr Osborne 's evidence, England's former chief medical officer Prof Dame Sally Davies told The Inquiry the government didn't have plans for Covid but added " it didn't have resilience either".
She Said that compared to other similar countries the UK was at the bottom of The Table for numbers of doctors, nurses, beds, IT units and ventilators per 100,000.
During her evidence she became emotional when apologising to the relatives of pandemic victims.
" It wasn't just the deaths, it was The Way they died. It was horrible and I Heard a lot about it from My Daughter on The Frontline as a Young Doctor in Scotland. It was harrowing, and it remains horrible, " She Said .
She also expressed concern about the impact of the pandemic On Children and students.
" We have damaged A Generation , and it is Awful . . Watching these people struggle, " She Said .
Earlier in The Day , Sir Oliver Letwin , a senior minister in David Cameron's government, told The Inquiry a rapid turnover of Civil Service staff hindered the government's ability to plan for pandemics.
He also warned that the UK was " wildly under-resilient" and Said there should be a minister " solely devoted" to the subject.
Labour Said The Admissions were " too little, too late" adding the Conservatives " cannot be trusted to protect The Public from the emergencies of tomorrow".
Related TopicsSource of news: bbc.com