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...looming MCAS dilemma cannot be resolved merely by giving the vote to Cambridge adolescents. However, some other problems at CRLS might be. Students know what really goes on in school better than most administrators and school committee members. It is time to allow students proper representation on the school committee...
...idea, sparked by a local non-profit group, is to allow 16 and 17-year-olds to vote for members of the Cambridge School Committee and City Council. Students have rallied behind the proposal--about 50 attended a recent meeting with city councillors to present their case. They rightly argued that adolescents have other important privileges and that student voting would allow them to become involved in the political process at an earlier age. However, the most important reason to allow students to vote in school committee elections has nothing to do with civics or encouraging people to become life...
...Academy will be comprised of 200 to 300 of the most gifted teachers on staff. Whereas most medical school professors are not paid for their teaching, the endowment will allow HMS to partially compensate its best teachers...
...biggest effect of the Academy will be to provide resources to allow our best teachers to teach," Lowenstein said. "The Academy will embody a new entity with a single focus: the support of the teaching mission...
...SEASON: TAXES AND GIVING O.K., so you're not Bill Gates, and you don't have a charity named after you. But you could start a "poor man's foundation." Such charities, better known as donor-advised funds, allow investors to make irrevocable contributions with relatively low minimums. Generally, these funds pool donations into portfolios; the donor then "advises" the fund on how to spend the money. And if you start one before Dec. 31, you can take the tax deduction--typically up to 50% of your adjusted gross income for cash gifts and 30% for appreciated properties, such...