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...methods. “Teachers are willing to learn, change, grow, but I just feel they’re getting overrun and overworked by the central administration,” she added, calling for more teacher input and funding. But Lawrence J. Adkins, who ran for the Cambridge City Council in 2005, said that teacher input was hard to come by with Fowler-Finn—who has been described as a “top-down” administrator—at the helm. “If you don’t walk the walk of the boss...
According to a report by the Mass. Health Care Quality and Cost Council, patients and their families are usually not familiar with their end-of-life care options. As a result, patients do not always discontinue invasive treatments even when they may want...
...commonwealth is continuing its efforts, however. Massachusetts recently set specific goals and expectations to ensure that patients’ wishes are respected, according to James B. Conway, who sits on the Council as representative from the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, a non-profit organization based in Cambridge...
...next big step is a cultural one,” said Lee, who is also a member of the Council. “Adopting a more thoughtful approach to end of life care is really something that has to be discussed in churches, schools, and senior centers...
...shoe factories at the beginning of 2007, but as many as 500 of them have closed over the past 15 months, says Li Peng, secretary of the Asia Footwear Association in Hong Kong. One-sixth of 44,200 textile firms tracked by the China National Textile and Apparel Council lost money last year, and two-thirds are just breaking even. "Manufacturers' profits are so low that when they hit the slightest snag, they have to close," says...