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...said that he would not be able to provide concrete recommendations to remedy the long-debated “middle school issue” in the city by the October deadline set by the school committee. Young, who began working for the district on July 6, had agreed to present to the committee his plan to resolve the concern over the quality of the education that 6th-8th grade students receive in K-8 schools, an environment some claim is not specifically—and therefore poorly—designed for the needs of early adolescence. Young told the Boston...
...Northeast right now.” However, the Crimson will have to do more this weekend than face a daunting top-15 foe. On Sunday, the men will once again don their crimson and white to take on the Black Knights of Army. The black and gold faithful present a far less intimidating set of statistics than this afternoon’s visitors. Army holds a 1-2 record for the season, falling 0-1 in both of its last two matchups against Manhattan and then Marist. Also, the Black Knights have also only scored two goals thus...
...community and to immerse himself in Cambridge life. “Academics and political scientists like me tend to keep ourselves in ivory towers and not interact with practitioners,” Geer said. “I’ve got a lot of data I want to present here to the community, so that would give me the chance to ask people if these results square with their own experiences and their own intuitions, and if not, I want to know why.” Kelly said she was particularly thrilled about the prospect of engaging with...
...lose it,” he said. “If we can’t deliver health care, we deserve to lose our majority.” Dean emphasized that the public option was non-negotiable. “The single-payer is one position; the present system is another position. What we’re advocating with the public option is the compromise,” he told the mostly middle-aged and elderly Cambridge-area crowd at the First Parish Church at an event sponsored by Harvard Book Store. “We?...
...Denial of the Holocaust can trigger such terrible episodes in those who must deal with its memory on a daily basis. Tuesday’s advertisement, though the result of a mistake, was inappropriate for its potential to reopen the wounds of the past for the victims of the present...