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Last week, the Cambridge School Committee had planned to discuss and vote on the Cambridge Public Schools Controlled Choice Plan. This initiative, introduced on Nov. 30 by Superintendent of Schools Bobbie J. D’Alessandro, would include socioeconomic status as one of a number of factors when assigning Cambridge children to the city’s public elementary schools. In an odd turn of events, Tuesday’s vote was postponed, as not all committee members were present. We hope that the committee will soon be able to assemble its members and pass the measure to break down...
...could be the tastiest Italian import since sliced prosciutto. ALESSANDRO SAFINA, 36, a smooth-voiced tenor whose self-titled CD has hit the States, is here to sell his brand of "melodious, romantic pop opera." Achieving crossover success is tricky, but Safina is on the right track. "I like music with passion," he says, "Rachmaninoff, Puccini...U2." Safina performed on the sound track of Moulin Rouge, singing backup to star Ewan McGregor on Elton John's Your Song, and he has also toured with Coolio, UB40 and the Pretenders' Chrissie Hynde. But the singer Liz Hurley calls "ravishingly sexy...
...Cambridge Public Schools Controlled Choice Plan, introduced to the School Committee on Nov. 30 by Superintendent of Schools Bobbie D’Alessandro, calls for the incorporation of socioeconomic status in assigning students to elementary schools. Socioeconomic status would be determined by a student’s eligibility for free and reduced-price meals...
...Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) test scores, there was some self-congratulation in the districts that improved. Cambridge was one of those districts—10th grade scores increased by 21 and 27 percent in the English and math sections, respectively. Superintendent of Schools Bobbie J. D’Alessandro hailed this accomplishment, writing in a press release that “We are very pleased with the overall MCAS results...
Instead, D’Alessandro says, it is “one form of assessment, a diagnostic tool...