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...removed from the federal watch list altogether. Members of the School Committee advocate different approaches to closing achievement gap. Former committee member and candidate Marc C. McGovern argues that in order to make a significant dent, the school district has to expand access to early childhood education and address a host of other factors—like health care, nutrition, and parent involvement. Others, like committee members Patricia M. Nolan ’80 and Luc D. Schuster, have argued that schools perform better if principals are empowered, and they have sought to put millions of dollars into the hands...
...Those pressures are just much greater than we’re going to be able to address through money,” he says. “I don’t think we’re going to be able to catch up. I don’t think the resources are available, even though we’ve committed a lot of them and have put our money where our mouth...
...Maher, who founded and chaired the City Council’s University Relations committee, says the universities can serve as a resource to help the city address pressing issues...
...they have never told anyone. Although it made its global debut on the Internet, Warren said that PostSecret began three years ago as local community art project. Warren, then a small business owner from Germantown, Md., passed out 3000 blank postcards in the Washington, DC area, all with his address on them. “Slowly secrets began finding their way to my mailbox,” Warren said. He posted them at an exhibition soon afterward. Among the first secrets displayed was a postcard stating simply, “I’m a white guy and I like...
...families of suicide bombers and their victims. Levy’s mother receives advice from her support network in Israel: Some time before she talks with her Palestinian counterparts, Avigail discusses the meeting with a group of victims’ families in her home. Meanwhile, the al-Akhrases address the complex ramifications of Ayat’s actions: They cannot say that what their daughter did is completely wrong—to do so would be to say she died in vain. The documentary’s strength lies in its implicit presentation of obstacles to peace, represented...