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Mayor Frustrated By University Missteps On Cambridge Initiative

Rather than an event at the Faculty Club, Galluccio favored a presentation at CRLS that would include students and put elected officials center stage.

The Summer Academy

The summer academy plan, which will now be announced at CRLS on Monday, calls for GSE students to work with experienced Cambridge school teachers, providing summer classes for Cambridge high school students. In the first year, around 350 students will attend the Academy, but the plan is to offer classes to all students who wish to attend as well as those who have failed during the year.

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A proposed budget obtained by The Crimson shows that Harvard's $100,000 investment will be supplemented by $50,500 from the City of Cambridge.

Instructors at the Graduate School of Education will hire ten Cambridge teachers to lead summer school classes. The teachers will work with teams of four teacher interns from GSE in classrooms of 25 students.

In addition to their in-classroom experience, the GSE students will attend GSE courses over the summer.

The Harvard plan resembles an existing city-university partnership that has joined Cambridge and Lesley University for the past 20 years.

Lesley's Compass Program, a summer program for elementary students, links student-teachers at Lesley with Cambridge educators to provide summer academic help for Cambridge children.

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