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Planned academy tied to Scientology // 'Cult'-linked pilot school gains $20K grant

Title: Planned academy tied to Scientology // 'Cult'-linked pilot school gains $20K grant
Date: Tuesday, 15 April 2008
Publisher: Boston Herald
Author: David Wedge
Main source: studytech.org
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A proposed taxpayer-funded pilot school linked to an arm of the controversial Church of Scientology has scored a $20,000 grant from a blue-chip Hub charitable foundation, the Herald has learned. The Boston Foundation recently awarded the planning grant to the proposed "Cornerstone for Success Academy," a high school for at-risk students that would base its curriculum on a model created by Applied Scholastics International - the educational arm of the Church of Scientology. The celebrity-backed religious organization is often criticized as ... [Read the rest at studytech.org]