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From YouTube: The Boston Show 04-07-17

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The Boston Show is a weekly news program that recaps events covered by Boston City TV.

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Hello and welcome to this edition of the boston show I'm your host Francesco Talia.

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Last week in Boston, Boston Public Schools held an open hackathon challenge to improve the city's efficiency at transporting kids to school. In the morning held in district call in the Seaport, the school department gathered individuals from companies like FedEx, Google, Microsoft and uber to look at routing efficiencies in school day start and end time. We.

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Could find greater efficiencies in a transportation system, as Steve said, we can unlock resources to reinvest into our classrooms into our schools, and that is ultimately what we all want. Currently.

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Boston has the second most expensive per pupil school transportation system in the country, Chinatown's Chauncey house apartment house, a ribbon-cutting ceremony to commemorate their buildings, completed rehabilitation renovated by the community builders. This 88 unit residential building is one hundred percent affordable. It.

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Seems like one of my biggest ribbon cuttings are in Chinatown and a lot of times it's around affordable housing and that just speaks to the community fighting so hard to make sure that we preserve affordable housing. The.

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Apartment complex is also financed with four percent: low-income housing, tax credits, tax-exempt bonds and state, and federal historic tax credits. Northeastern University cut the ribbon on their new interdisciplinary sciences and engineering complex. The six-story building will now be home to northeastern's many partnerships with government, industry and other academic institutes. Some.

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People then meet is northeastern changing and the answer is yes. North easton has changed dramatically, but it's very very true to its roots.

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Mbta officials revealed a prototype of the newly designed orange line train cars on City Hall plaza the model manufactured by Chinese railway rolling stock Corp is smaller in scale than what will ultimately end up on the tracks by 2022.

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The city of Boston announced a collaboration that will connect district charter and Catholic school teachers as they take a set of university level courses led by current teachers. The courses will focus on topics that will ensure that teachers are sharing best practices and reaching all learners collaboration.

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Of best practices is a proven way to improve strategies that increase academic, rigor and neural opportunity and achievement gaps. This.

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New collaborative delivers this professional development in a five-week 15 hour course. Mayor Walsh and the budget management office breached the City Council on the city's FY 18 operating budget. Most city councilors were in attendance along with the mayor's cabinet members, mayor, Walsh and Commissioner Finn handed out certificates and badges to 50 firefighter recruits at the box, and fire departments recruit graduation.

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Hundreds of people came out for the graduation, including family, local elected officials, Boston Fire officials, faith leaders and community members to watch any event covered in its entirety, stay tuned to Boston, City TV and to watch all new episodes of the boston show tune in at 11am on saturday mornings. Thanks for joining us for this edition of the boston show.