Word: conant
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Taking time off gives teachers a much-needed chance to think about their work and evaluate their careers from a more academic point of view, Conant fellows...
...Conant Fellowships are especially attractive for area teachers because the opportunity to take time off and study is often hard to come by. In Cambridge and Boston, sabbatical openings are limited, and the cities do not provide tuition grants for teachers who want to return to graduate school. Cambridge Superintendent of Schools Robert S. Peterkin says the school department budget does not allow room for tuition grants to teachers...
...hefty fees at graduate schools also prevent many teachers from going back to school. Even people who win the Conant fellowships must pay about $4000 towards their tuition and the fellowship is good ony for one year, the traditional length of a master's degree program. However, students who want to earn a doctorate must generally study for two years and then write a thesis...
...really tough. The Conant Fellowship is nice, but I have to live," says Elliot Stern, who is on leave this year from his job at Boston English High School. "I don't know how I'm going to finish," he adds. Stern is enrolled in the doctoral program at the Ed School and says he hopes to be able to finish his studies next year part-time while returning to work...
This year's Conant fellows may end up serving as an ongoing link between Harvard and the Cambridge and Boston school systems. All of the fellows are planning to return to work in Cambridge and Boston, although some may take on new responsibilities. Several of the six fellows are fulfilling requirements that will allow them to go into administration, but they say that they will continue to work in their urban school systems...