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...works are on display in the Holyoke Center as part of the "Paint Pals/Pen Pals" program, which unites the learning disabled students with fifth graders from Cambridgeport elementary school. The exchange began when McVearry brought her students' paintings from Washington to Cambridge; she will return with letters and poems from Cambridgeport...
...children choose the subjects they want to paint, pick out their own materials in stores and mix their own colors. They even get to pick the size of their canvases. The result, says McVearry, is that they accomplish "something a lot harder than they thought they could...
Since enrolling at Harvard last summer, McVearry has missed her students. But the "Paint Pals/Pen Pals" program has allowed her to introduce her pupils' experiences into the lives of local kids...
...arrived at last, only to confound all those who cannot imagine that a man might prefer to raise his child in Cuba than in America. But interviews with family and friends in Cuba paint a clear portrait that the Miami branch of the family cannot stomach: namely, that Juan Miguel might be both a good father and a good communist, one who loves his son and truly believes he would be better off growing up in the faded, sandy precincts of Cardenas than in the hectic hothouse of the Cuban-exile universe in Miami. "It's an assault...
...policy hasn't elicited nearly as much ire as Tannahill's protest has. Since filing his suit, Tannahill has lost his job as a farm worker (his former employer maintains his dismissal had nothing to do with the case) and has woken up to discover his dog covered in paint, lying amidst threatening notes on his doorstep. Tannahill tells the Times that his goal is simply to protect his son's constitutional rights, but his refusal to abide by the school district policy may have larger ramifications. The case is headed for federal court, and analysts predict it could...