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Black plays Dewey Finn, a guitarist whose ambitions for his amateur band far overshadow his merely adequate musical abilities. After a typically disastrous bar gig, Finn is thrown out of the band, rendering him even less capable of paying the rent that he owes his substitute teacher roommate. But the God of Rock, to whom Finn seems to pray regularly, has bigger plans for his disciple and grants him a subbing job at a prestigious private school. Posing as his roommate, he assumes the responsibility of educating a classroom of unusually well-behaved fifth graders, who he discovers...

Author: By Ben B. Chung, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Film Review | 10/3/2003 | See Source »

...Fowler-Finn also said that he envisioned a more limited role in managing the schools for both the central district administration and parents...

Author: By Claire A. Pasternack, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Smiles, Not Tears, Greet New Cambridge Superintendent | 9/23/2003 | See Source »

...need to get a better picture of how our students really are performing,” Fowler-Finn said. “We just really don’t have a lot of objective information. It’s not what I’m used...

Author: By Claire A. Pasternack, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Smiles, Not Tears, Greet New Cambridge Superintendent | 9/23/2003 | See Source »

When a parent asked what role parents could have in assigning specialists such as art and special needs instructors to schools, Fowler-Finn said that while the current process would be improved, “the role of parents is not choosing teachers...

Author: By Claire A. Pasternack, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Smiles, Not Tears, Greet New Cambridge Superintendent | 9/23/2003 | See Source »

Other said they trusted Fowler-Finn to take action toward change...

Author: By Claire A. Pasternack, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Smiles, Not Tears, Greet New Cambridge Superintendent | 9/23/2003 | See Source »

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