Article: Failing school system gets college education: Boston U. has some success in Chelsea.(A)

CHELSEA, Mass. - The public schools in this poor, largely immigrant city have a problem that would have been inconceivable a decade ago.

"Carpetbaggers," said School Superintendent Douglas Sears with just a hint of satisfaction. "We nabbed 50 last school year. People from Lynn and Everett are trying to get their kids into Chelsea's schools."

Ten years ago Chelsea's schools were on the ropes, just like theimpoverished community itself. There was a steady exodus of bored students and underpaid teachers. Then, Boston University stepped forward with a sweeping plan to take over management of the troubled school system across the Mystic River from ...

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