Restructured Holmes Partnership Draws Record Attendance

Boston

Restructured Holmes Partnership Draws Record Attendance: If numbers are any indication, the decision three years ago by what was then called the Holmes Group to broaden its membership beyond education schools to K-12 schools and districts has found a receptive audience.

More than 900 people--including city council members, business people, professors, union leaders, teachers, superintendents, and social-service providers--braved the cold here last month to attend the partnership's third annual conference. The number was triple that of the first...