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...about six weeks, Jeffrey M. Young, the grey-haired and silver-tongued former Newton superintendent, will take the helm of Cambridge Public Schools...
...high expectations for Young reflect his previous successes leading school districts in Newton, Lexington, and Lynnfield. But in Cambridge, the Harvard-trained educator with a passion for English literature will be confronted with challenges unlike those he has seen in his three decade career: how to educate an extraordinarily diverse student population while simultaneously navigating the politics of an urban school district...
...Young, who has led Newton schools for over a decade, had not always intended to be an educator...
...earned a doctorate from the Harvard Graduate School of Education and joined the Lynnfield Public Schools in 1988, eventually serving as the district’s superintendent before moving on to Lexington and then Newton, the community he had lived in for over 30 years. The Newton district, the ninth largest in the state, serves approximately 11,500 students, or nearly twice as many as Cambridge...
...Paul S. Stein, a Newton district administrator, said that although the city is considerably less diverse than Cambridge, Newton’s large size and various neighborhoods present “a unique set of demographics.” He added that the suburban community is actually far more socioeconomically diverse than is commonly thought. Approximately 30 percent of Newton students are minorities, versus 60 percent in Cambridge...