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...schools’ enrollment should come from historically low achieving populations, including low-income, minority, and special needs students. “He’s setting up charter schools to deal with the most difficult population[s],” said Jed F. Lippard, head of Prospect Hill Academy, a charter school with campuses in both Cambridge and Somerville. Lippard, who believes charter schools are highly effective, said he agreed with the governor’s efforts to make them more accessible. But he objects to the enrollment stipulations, which he said will contribute to the problem of racially...
...came over the hill pretty ferociously and it jumped over into the centre of town where there's a bit of bush. I wouldn't hazard a guess how big it was. They had a hell of a fight to stop it. The heat had something to do with it but we think it was deliberately lit," says the local builder...
...issue. NIH has said some of the money from the stimulus package could be awarded in only four to six weeks, according to Casey. Harvard has used its clout to push hard for more federal science funding, and Casey said that its representatives have been on Capitol Hill, arguing directly to senators and house members that such a sweeping economic stimulus package would be incomplete without funding for basic research and “intellectual infrastructure.” Earlier this month, the Massachusetts Life Science Collaborative—co-chaired by University President Drew G. Faust and the heads...
...early efforts have not proved fruitful, Obama's team members say they will not be dissuaded. "Sometimes it might not all look like it pays off at the beginning," Gibbs said on Thurdsay. "But I think the President believes that time that he spent here and on Capitol Hill talking to members was time well spent." The clock, however, is ticking...
Consider the events of the past two weeks: President Barack Obama, fresh from sky-high approval ratings and an Inauguration that filled the National Mall, met with Republicans in the White House and on Capitol Hill. Disowning any "pride of authorship," he asked both publicly and privately for the two major political parties to work together in Congress on a crucial bill to stimulate the tanking economy. And what happened? While the bill passed by a comfortable margin in the House, it earned not a single vote from a Republican. What's more, 11 Democrats opposed it as well...