Answer:
Tough thinks that OneGoal needs improvement as only 66% of the students remain enrolled in the college after graduating from high school.
Explanation:
The given text is taken from the book entitled ' How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character' written by Paul Tough. The book is based on Tough's research on OneGoal Program. OneGoal is a program that works to encourage students for postsecondary education.
In the article titled 'Kewauna’s Ambition' taken from his book, Tough says that OneGoal needs improvement. He asserts this based on the statistics that only 66% of the students remain enrolled in the college after graduating from high school. He asserts that even Jeff Nelson, CEO of OneGoal, would agree that the program is way beyond perfect solution at present.
<u>Textual Evidence</u>:
<em>'Jeff Nelson would be the first to admit that what he has created is far from a perfect solution for the widespread dysfunction of the country’s human-capital pipeline.'</em>
Answer:
<em>The man in the yellow suit, who wants the land with this spring, has witnessed this abduction and stolen the Tucks' horse so he can visit Winnie's family. He is grinning now, explaining to the Fosters that he has come to their house knowing they would still be awake, agonizing about Winnie's disappearance.</em>
Explanation:
Answer:
The correct answer is D. In 2008, more than one million American students gave nearly 20 million service hours to their communities
Explanation:
In texts, including articles the introduction is commonly the first paragraph in a text that introduces or presents the general topic and the point or points that will be explained during the text. Besides this, it is common the first sentence of an introduction includes a quote, a question, a piece of statistical information or a strong statement that acts as a "hook" catching the readers attention.
Considering this, in the case of the article presented the sentence that beings the introduction is "In 2008, more than one million American students gave nearly 20 million service hours to their communities" because this is the first sentence in the text and therefore the first sentence in the introduction, besides this, the sentence presents statistical information that as a "hook" for readers and introduces or presents the main topic that is volunteer service.
