Word: beacons
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...people who were going to roll up their sleeves and get dirty." Instead, Daniels says the company's leaders never held a full staff meeting until May, far too late to make an impact. Although the company set up its Philadelphia offices in their building, Shoemaker teachers say Chancellor Beacon seemed corporate and inaccessible. "I don't see them at all. It was a waste of money," says Glorybelle Marcial, Shaliah's science teacher...
Shoemaker in the fall. Still, for all her daughter's troubles, Tanya is somewhat sympathetic to the challenges Chancellor Beacon faced. "The district expected them to do in months what it hasn't been able to do for decades," she says...
Tanya had taken Shaliah out of a charter school and moved her to Shoemaker last fall, pleased that Chancellor Beacon Academies, a Florida-based for-profit company, was taking over the school. She had reason to be optimistic: Chancellor Beacon charter schools in Florida and New York had performed above the state and national norms. In Philadelphia, however, Chancellor Beacon became the only management company fired by the district. According to Philly schools chief Vallas, the company failed to "create a presence" and didn't provide teacher training, shrink class size or offer after-school programs--all goals...
Romney countered with an ad accusing O’Brien of mismanaging state funds and capitulating to a corrupt insider culture on Beacon Hill...
...entered the sanctity of the Bristol Lounge feeling as though we belonged. The Bristol Lounge is one of those rare gems that seems to transport you back to an age where ladies really did lunch, gentlemen smoked cigars and cucumber sandwiches were the snack-food of choice. Beacon Hill grandmothers luxuriated on overstuffed armchairs while their tow-headed grandchildren bounced up and down on equally comfortable, homey sofas. Near the elegant bar that lined one side of the room, harassed businesspeople took time out from negotiations to enjoy a pre-dinner drink...