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Members of the School Committee claimed that Turkel and the other Cambridge Civic Association-endorsed members of the Committee arranged for Segat to stay home in order to delay the vote...
...Public schools are supposed to teach civic values, but they need to integrate a stronger call to moral virtues like charity, self-discipline and integrity. It is nearly impossible, however, to find agreement on how this should be done, and whether these virtues require a religious component. Schools are caught in a political tug-of-war between church leaders and humanists, facing the daunting task of creating religious neutrality while teaching strong moral values. Those whose beliefs and opportunities are hurt most are poor families whose children are forced into failing urban schools and cannot afford an alternative...
Many value public schools for their appreciation of tolerance and diversity, implying that private schools do not impart these civic ideals. In fact, private schools do promote civic virtues and are actually more integrated, diverse and tolerant than government schools. Education expert Jay Greene found that nearly twice as many private school students enjoyed racially mixed friend groups. The Latino National Political Survey found that Latino adults from private schools are much more tolerant overall, whereas those from public schools were significantly more likely to believe that gay activists should be denied political rights like running for office or holding...
...ever even bring up the whole Harvard issue, that’s just something that comes up over time when the first incident happens. It tends to be entirely reactive,” said Robert S. Winters, a longtime Cambridge political observer and a member of the Cambridge Civic Association...
...came knocking on Harvard’s door. The terrorist attack on America and our war against al-Qaeda—both of which have been blamed for the state of the economy—have given heightened esteem and, more importantly, heightened urgency to those performing jobs of civic and public service...