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POLITICS, IDEAS & CIVIC LIFE IN MASSACHUSETTS Teachers are not widgets, so why do we treat them that way? Term paper trafficking Missed opportunity on ethics Jeffrey Mullan: The last man standing Visit www.CWunbound.org FALL 2009 $5.00 Maria Fenwick, fourth-grade teacher in Boston T:7.5” WHAT IS THE SIGN OF A GOOD DECISION? It’s tossing a cap for you. And a tip of the cap from us. Aaron Baral Christopher Marini Lilian Barrera Anthony Medina Samantha Bechta Anthony Minicucci Fayyaz Bhinde David Nataloni Joseph Blais Brenden O’Brien Chelsea Blanchard Jenna O’Neil Laurence Cantwell Ma hew Parenteau Cheyanne Clark Caroline Posnik Joshua Crapser John Paterwic Emily Curtin Nicole Rapa Nicole Flahive Shanice Ricke s Stephanie Flynn Melysha Rivera Andrew Fontaine Rajin Roophnath Sarah Fregeau Jessica Se erstrom Ma hew Graham Jusob Shin Kelli Gralia Alec Slepchuk Alexandra Labonte Venice Sterling Justin Lacy Mark Stevens Egi Lagji Patrick ompson Joshua Leadbeater Kelly Van Buren T:10.5” At MassMutual, we’re commi ed to the continued growth and success of our communities. Part of that commitment is our MassMutual Scholars Career Pathways Program. is supportive program awards 40 scholarships of $5,000 per year to high school students pursuing a career in nancial services, business or information technology. We’d like to congratulate the 2009 recipients listed above; they are 40 more reasons why MassMutual is a good decision. For more information, visit www.CommunityFoundation.org/MassMutual ΜασσΜυτυαλ Φινανχιαλ Γρουπ ρεφερσ το Μασσαχηυσεττσ Μυτυαλ Λιφε Ινσυρανχε Χοµπανψ (ΜασσΜυτυαλ) ανδ ιτσ αφ⇒ λιατεδ χοµπανιεσ ανδ σαλεσ ρεπρεσεντατιϖεσ. 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