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Corbin—a senior research associate at the Kennedy School of Government who was selected by PBHA’s board of trustees last month—said in an interview yesterday that he hopes to increase PBHA’s visibility on campus and bridge the gap between service and academic work...
...addition to helping fundraising efforts and promoting PBHA within the University, Corbin said he hopes to bridge the gap between the organization’s service and advocacy roles...
Fowler-Finn, who is credited with reducing the gap between minority and white student achievement in Fort Wayne by 30 to 40 percent, said he could apply his experience to similar issues in Cambridge...
...problems of public education are the same across the country—student achievement and closing the achievement gap,” he said. “I think I can make a huge difference in the lives of those students...
They also met with black ministers, the local NAACP chapter and the Latino chamber of commerce, who gave them “consistent feedback that change did happen” in the district, according to committee member Joseph G. Grassi, noting that the achievement gap between minority and white students had closed by 30 to 40 percent...