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...modified this year to include three extra hours of tutoring time each week. That extra time will be devoted to instruction in African culture, led by groups such as The Art of Black Dance and Music, the Institute of Boston Art and Arts in Progress, said Earl Martin Phalen, founder and chief executive officer of BELL...
BELL began in 1992 when Phalen, then a Harvard Law student, participated in a similar program as part of the Harvard Black Law Students Association's community service committee...
...Phalen wanted the committee to focus more on teaching reading and math. When its leaders refused, Phalen approached Ogletree...
...opened my mouth and said it was a good idea," the professor said, and that was all the encouragement Phalen needed...
...idea has been partly embraced by Democratic candidate Paul Tsongas and practiced by financially strapped local governments. Dick Phalen, president of the Cook County, Ill., board of commissioners, used managed care to reduce the cost of care for his 25,000 public employees and their dependents. Using the strength found in numbers, Phalen was able to obtain private coverage at a cost of just $2,100 for an employee with no dependents. "We're protecting our employees against the world's vagaries at a savings," says Phalen, who may open the program to all Cook County residents...