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...CityStep’s leaders say that the tuition-free program is geared towards those with “higher needs,” whether socioeconomic or emotional. But because CityStep’s foray into the public schools depends on a teacher’s willingness to allocate class time for the extracurricular activity, CityStep does not cater to the needs of underprivileged students who attend schools that cannot afford to participate in the program...
...Roughly 60 Harvard undergraduates work together to provide this tuition-free program for an average of 100 students at the Cambridge public schools ever year. The program—operating on an annual budget in the ten thousands—receives the bulk of its funding from its alumni, and CityStep organizes several fundraisers during the school year, such as the CityStep Ball to be held this year...
...special needs capabilities. All parents have the right to make sure their child receives the best education possible, but patching the failure of public schools by sending students to private institutions ultimately perpetuates the problem rather than solving it. To continuously utilize federal funding solely to pay for tuition rather than new and improved programming may work in the short-term but will be ineffective in the long-term. Instead, the government must make a more concerted effort to develop special-needs programs within the existing public education infrastructure. The money should be channeled directly into the public schools...
...program that would waive tuition for third-year students at Harvard Law School who commit to working five years in public interest law received an enthusiastic first response—far more so than its optimistic proponents expected. Over 110 first-year students participated in a non-binding sign-up for the Public Service Initiative at a banquet earlier this month—50 percent over the targeted number, according to Law School Dean Elena Kagan. The graduating class of 2011 will be the first class eligible to have the full amount of third-year tuition waived under the program...
...couple of 76ers basketball games, as he did a year ago. After all, some of his clients have connections to the flailing real estate industry, so he anticipates a dip in his business. And he's got three boys, ages 17, 14 and 11, so scary college-tuition bills loom. "In general, we're not spending as much on that discretionary stuff," Reynolds says. "So no, I probably...