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Lois Harrison-Jones, currently associate superintendent of schools in Dallas, will take over this fall as superintendent of Boston Public Schools, the U.S.`s oldest public school system. The first black woman to head the Boston schools, she says her challenges-including low test scores among 58,000 students and high dropout rates-”are the same in any urban school district today.” Nonetheless, she undoubtedly will earn her $100,000-range salary.
