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...Central Square does not exist in a vacuum," Edbrooke said, adding that he believes the city takes a "piecemeal approach" to neighborhood revitalization that ends up doing more harm than good...
...Speaker of the House), who has turned the once troubled Lewenberg middle school into a nationally recognized center of excellence. "Clark's use of force may rid the school of unwanted students," he notes, "but he also may be losing kids who might succeed." Others claim Clark's autocratic approach to discipline suggests that there is a quick solution to complex problems. "He seeds the myth that all we have to do is stop kids from knifing each other," snaps Deborah Meier, who won a $335,000 MacArthur Genius grant for her inspired supervision of Harlem's Central Park East...
Clearly, discussions of Clark's approach to taming the blackboard jungle run high with emotion. Cooler-headed critics -- and fans -- suggest that the best ( method of evaluating what he or any other educator has done is to look at the achievements of his students. In Clark's case the record is mixed. No question that he cleaned up the graffiti, kicked out the pushers, restored order. But academic triumphs have been more elusive. While math scores are up 6% during Clark's reign, reading scores have barely budged: they remain in the bottom third of the nation's high school...
...been a bold, enduring principal -- if not a Joe Clark, then a different kind of strong personality with his or her own talents as manager and leader. The best of these leaders are able to maintain or restore order without abandoning the students who are in trouble. They approach their staffs, students, parents and communities with a cooperative rather than a confrontational style. "Every good school has a good principal," insists William Kristol, chief of staff for Secretary Bennett. "He can set the general tone, the spirit, the ethos if you will, of the school. He can give...
...regional politics: such fees would amount to a windfall for domestic producers in Super Tuesday states like Texas and Louisiana by allowing them to raise their prices to match the new cost of imported oil. True, oil-import fees would spur energy conservation. But so would the more direct approach of an increase in federal taxes on gasoline, which is on no candidate's deficit-reduction agenda...