A $38 million investment by Bloomberg Philanthropies - the largest gift in the history of the city's public schools - will transform a small existing high school into an 800-student feeder for the sprawling Mass General system, which is plagued by some 2,000 job vacancies.
"There's a growing sense that the value of college has diminished, relative to cost," Howard Wolfson, education program lead at Bloomberg Philanthropies, said in an interview Tuesday. "This should not be construed as anti-college - every kid who wants to go should have the opportunity. But at the same time, we have to acknowledge the reality that, for a lot of kids, college is not an option, or they want to get on with their careers."
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