$20M Lynch fund aims to make better principals
By Renee Dudley
Sunday, June 20, 2010 -
Sunday, June 20, 2010 -
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ShareCiting the “cancer” of weak education in America, philanthropists Carolyn A. and Peter S. Lynch have donated $20 million to Boston College for a new program to train principals of Boston’s Catholic, charter and public schools.
The Lynch Leadership Academy says it will award 25 fellowships annually to principals for a leadership retreat, two-week summer program, and monthly and weekly sessions with leadership coaches.
In an interview Friday, Peter Lynch pointed out that although the United States has an enviable higher-education system, many of the country’s kindergartens through its high schools struggle.
“There’s a cancer affecting the country in that students in some schools are not being well-served and that only limits their future opportunities in life,” said Lynch, a 1965 graduate of Boston College.
“Education in the early grades is the most important issue in America,” Lynch, who serves as vice chairman of Fidelity Management and Research Co., added
The Lynch Leadership Academy says it will award 25 fellowships annually to principals for a leadership retreat, two-week summer program, and monthly and weekly sessions with leadership coaches.
In an interview Friday, Peter Lynch pointed out that although the United States has an enviable higher-education system, many of the country’s kindergartens through its high schools struggle.
“There’s a cancer affecting the country in that students in some schools are not being well-served and that only limits their future opportunities in life,” said Lynch, a 1965 graduate of Boston College.
“Education in the early grades is the most important issue in America,” Lynch, who serves as vice chairman of Fidelity Management and Research Co., added