One of our key strategies has been to restructure traditional high schools into small learning communities with personalized attention and a range of options.

I'm driven. I have the opportunity to change people's lives.

I brought together experts from health care, business, academic institutions, and the community to develop a comprehensive blueprint for eliminating racial and ethnic disparities in health care in the City of Boston.

Diversity gives our city a competitive edge.

In the 1990s, we introduced Boston's community policing strategy. We reversed the tide of violent crime that threatened our city, and we established a national model for preventing and fighting crime.

Currently, Boston has only nine percent of the state's population - but we provide more than 16 percent of the jobs and 19 percent of the state's revenues.

It's like an Alcatraz around my neck