Harvard Program for Urban Superintendents Offers Tough Training for Tough Job

CAMBRIDGE, MASS..--The ivy-covered halls of Harvard University have seldom seen the effects of poverty and blight that afflict many inner-city classrooms.

But an unusual program here is attempting to produce school superintendents who are adept at dealing with dropouts, disciplinary problems, and children raised in poverty.

The Urban Superintendents Program was established two years ago by the Harvard Graduate School of Education to offer tough training for a tough job: the management of...