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...meantime: The couple is traveling to Israel, where Rappaport will do policy research on the elderly and at-risk youth for an American-Israeli research institute. Rosen will be on a Jerusalem-based fellowship program that combines studying and an internship program...
Secondly, vouchers are given out by lotteries which target "at-risk" students (the poor and disadvantaged whose schools are falling apart) and give them the opportunity for a better education. In no way do they take the best students from poor schools and leave the rest behind. Instead, public schools will now have be competitive-meaning they will have to improve their commitment to education...
...report also cites a crime prevention tenet-that regions of the city with smaller numbers of "at-risk" residents like college students and teenagers usually experience fewer crimes...
Many service groups originate with religious organizations as well, such as "Earthen Vessels," a tutoring program pairing Harvard students with at-risk elementary school students in the community. Groups such as these take to heart the important religious goals of "repairing the world" and serving the needy and forgotten. Some students put their beliefs into practice in other groups; students "do it for free" at PBHA because they want to help others and because returning some of their good fortune of circumstance and education is important to them...
...despite Lee's commitment to improving educational access for minorities, she and fellow protesters have largely avoided participation in any of Carnesale's programs. Energy is clearly the strong suit of these student critics; what an impact that energy would have if it were directed toward mentoring at-risk minority high school students or lobbying the state legislature for more equitable funding for local school districts...