Word: teached
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...place. A slender man dressed in a stylish business suit, he sat by himself, night after night, in the bustling entryway of the Dunlevy Milbank Center in the middle of Harlem. His narrow face bore a trusting smile that masked a dogged purpose. He was trying to teach a course on human sexuality for neighborhood parents, and often nobody came. But he kept showing up. Michael Carrera, professor and prophet, understood that as a white man and an outsider he needed the parents' support if he wanted to come to their community to help their kids. "Involving parents...
...prevent students who want to join a military scholarship program from doing so. But there is no reason why such a program has to be affiliated with any educational institution. Any branch of the armed forces can afford to buy a building in Cambridge, teach courses in military theory and grant stipends to help students pay for a Harvard education. Harvard does not need to be involved at all, and it should...
...example of one workshop funded by the grant, Colby said that professors from other colleges will come to Radcliffe and teach methods for re-analyzing longitudinal data...
...early chapter "Nine Ayes," Ackermann describes her discovery that much of the council's business is simply a matter of form--her fellow councillors approve virtually any order she brings them, as long as it does not involve money. Attempts to deal with the semiautonomous Redevelopment Authority teach her the three I's that often dominate city administration--inertia, indolence and incompetence...
...told a reporter we were all at fault: The Police Department that didn't teach its officers the job for which they were hired. The Housing Authority that ran the Towers as a slum. The School Department that made Towers and other project kids feel unwanted. And the city manager, Council, School Committee, and mayor who had suspected all that and had not managed to change...