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Opening the Door for Courage
Urban Scholars Co-Founders Joan Becker and Charlie Desmond tell us how courage helped them turn their vision into reality.
Joan Brings the Lessons Home
The following article, by Amanda Dagg, was written for Ed, the alumni magazine
of the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
Joan Becker's grandmother used to say, "You find what you look for" — advice that has been driving Becker's career since 1983, when she helped launch the University of Massachusetts Boston's Urban Scholars Program. The program is dedicated to identifying talented Boston students and preparing them for post secondary school success through a rigorous year-round curriculum and continued support. It serves students in Boston's neighborhood schools, which have traditionally had a high percentage of low-income and at-risk students. "We believe that even given those factors, there are very talented kids in these schools and we need to go find them," she says. |more|
Charlie shares the trials and triumphs of building Urban Scholars
UrbanNet hosts Cecil and Ivy find out why Dr. Charles Desmond cares so much about them and other Urban Scholars.
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