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Heyman added that she thought Young handled the challenge well, saying that although Newton does have standardized curricula, it has not become “a school system that just [teaches] on the textbook.”
Young, who defended Newton’s math and science programs, pointed out that “the great challenge that Newton faces is a budgetary one”—one that, according to Epstein, Young will not face in Cambridge.
Young said that his decision to come to Cambridge was based on a strong desire to work in an urban district, something he called “a professional challenge.”
“Urban school districts are really the great area of challenge and opportunity in the state and the country right now,” Young said.
“This is going to be a real challenge, and how he navigates that is really going to be the test,” he said. “That’s the biggest unanswered question right now.”