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...Stead, a newcomer to school committee politics, said he believes the key to closing the achievement gap is hiring more minority teachers, who could serve as desperately-needed mentors for students of color. Stead, who is black, has worked in the district as a principal and teacher for 34 years and considers himself to be one such role model...
...second most frequently mentioned issue in the election has been the quality of the city’s middle grade education—a debate that has divided district leaders for decades...
Critics of the current K-8 system contend that educational programs at each school vary in quality, which is in part due to an imbalanced distribution of students across the district...
Cambridge’s spending per pupil is unusually high, but its standardized testing scores remain low—a contrast that has prompted many of the candidates to question whether the district has been utilizing its resources wisely...
Harding, who could not be reached for comment, wrote on his Web site that the district needs to reallocate its funding to improve math and science programs at all levels...