Word: urban
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...unsuccessfully for Governor in 1998. "I learned during the campaign there was one overpowering issue for inner-city parents: to get their kids a college education," Ross told me. "I was tired of theoretical policy junk; I wanted to do something that really mattered. It was clear that urban kids were not responding to the industrial-age assembly-line education model--and there were people around the country who had figured out how to educate kids in a more humane, customized...
...cultural dead end with little to offer beyond the historic walls of the inn where they happen to be trapped. For those folks, who want to enjoy a country-home feel and personalized service but don't want to miss out on museum exhibits and theater tickets, the urban bed-and-breakfast is fast becoming the perfect solution...
...Office of Undergraduate Admissions’ Undergraduate Minority Recruitment Program, which dispatches Harvard students to recruit at diverse urban schools, is a powerful tool Okunseinde said...
...said he feels that some of the smaller urban school districts such as Brockton, Chelsea and Revere are overshadowed by the larger districts when it comes to benefiting from student-teaching programs. When placing graduates into schools, he said, he hopes to keep these areas from being overlooked...
...cheap place to live are not the real victims of rent hikes though. If you venture outside the confines of Harvard Square and its beautiful surrounding neighborhoods, you’ll realize that Cambridge is for the most part, a lower income city. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development recommends that households spend no more than 25-30 percent of gross income on housing, but right now 78 percent of low-income Cambridge residents spend more than this income on rent, and 40 percent spend more than 75 percent of their income on housing...