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Carly Moskowitz
Carly Moskowitz
Thu, 01/24/2008

The Extended Day Quandry

Education and Innovation
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Should a district offer an extended day curriculum if it can only pay
its teachers at a rate of 60% of their normal pay? Or should the
district incorporate extended day into only the number of schools that
it can afford to pay the teachers fairly?  read more »

Carly Moskowitz
Carly Moskowitz
Thu, 01/03/2008

Housing First, and then what?

Uprooting homelessness in our region
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Yesterday I read an article (Amid Growth, No Place to Go) regarding the increase of homelessness in Plymouth. It discussed both the response of local merchants in the Plymouth downtown area, as well as those struggling on the streets. Business owners–and this is not strictly the sentiments of those in Plymouth–feel that customers are less likely to spend money at a store where a homeless person is hanging around the outside. They cite safety issues as their greatest concern including general vagrancy and drunkenness.  read more »

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