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...recommendation to the Board of Overseers for approval. The overseers are unlikely to overturn the committee’s choice. Harvard will then have named its 28th president.DEMANDING A VOICE As with many of Harvard’s institutions, the presidential search is rooted in tradition.The 1650 that charter that founded the College states the president of the University is to be chosen by the Corporation with the counsel and consent of the Board of Overseers.The highly-secretive search has changed little over the years, save the addition of three overseers to the search committee in 1990.The process...
...open an International Baccalaureate Charter High School, a project that was ultimately unsuccessful but piqued her interest in school reform...
...Frustrated black parents are looking for alternatives and are turning to the pair of public charter schools in the city...
...student body at Benjamin Banneker Charter Public School is 95 percent black, and the population at the Community Charter School of Cambridge is 68 percent black. By comparison, the non-charter public schools in Cambridge are less than 40 percent black...
...Nolan strongly opposes private-school vouchers out of concern for the separation of church and state, but she does support charter schools. Though the position puts her squarely in the minority on the School Committee—she was the only pro-charter school candidate this past year—Nolan points out that her stance “must not have hurt me too much” since she did win the seat...