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...school committee allowed for the superintendent’s contract to be extended in a four-to-three vote in January, and school committee member Marc C. McGovern said that Tuesday’s extension of only one year was not forced on Fowler-Finn...

Author: By Vidya B. Viswanathan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: School Superintendent To Depart in 2009 | 5/7/2008 | See Source »

...What’s nice about having [the superintendent] for another year and a half is that we have some time to really do this the right way,” said McGovern, who voted against a contract extension for the superintendent in January and opposed its first renewal in August...

Author: By Vidya B. Viswanathan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: School Superintendent To Depart in 2009 | 5/7/2008 | See Source »

...Democratic race. On the one hand, the path offstage seems obvious. On the heels of Tuesday's disappointing results, Clinton's advisers acknowledged that she has been forced to loan her campaign an additional $6.4 million in order to stay afloat. One of her key supporters, Senator George McGovern, announced on Wednesday that he is shifting his backing to Obama...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Clinton's Faltering Case for Staying In | 5/7/2008 | See Source »

...that climate, there has been guarded hope that the FARC wants to discuss the release of the Americans and its more than 700 Colombian military, police and civilian hostages. U.S. Representative Jim McGovern of Massachusetts, who is involved with the campaign to free the Americans, says, "The FARC seems engaged on this issue for the first time ever." Since the start of the year, the group has handed six hostages - including a Colombian congresswoman and a former vice-presidential candidate - over to Chavez. But Colombia now accuses Chavez of supporting the FARC financially. (He denies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: America's Forgotten Hostages | 4/28/2008 | See Source »

...result of low school expectations, rather than a difference in inherent ability. “Everybody has the capability to do the same thing...it’s just how the student is pushed to do it,” she said. Cambridge School Committee member Marc C. McGovern echoed these sentiments. “Sometimes we focus too much on one particular group or another,” he said. “We need to make our schools strong for all of our kids.” ‘GUILTY OF LOW AIM’While...

Author: By Vidya B. Viswanathan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Minding the Achievement Gap | 4/18/2008 | See Source »

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