Word: maher
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...incumbent Councillors David P. Maher and Brian P. Murphy ’86-’87 said the sparse voter turnout numbers reflect general voter satisfaction...
...Still, Maher says that Harvard and MIT could be doing more. The universities are exempt from a law that requires large housing developments to reserve some of the housing for low-income residents. Given “the wealth of the universities,” Maher says, they could be following that rule like private developers...
...universities are also key to Maher’s emphasis on improving the school system. Maher, a former member of the Cambridge School Committee, argues that boosting public education in the city should be a top concern for Harvard as well as the wider community...
...Maher says that boosting the city’s investment in the school system will be key to heading off an “exodus” of students from Cambridge public schools. But he also insisted that the city needed to do a better job in showing the progress already being made...
...think we could do a better job of telling the story of successes in public schools and get back people’s confidence,” Maher says...