Paying former gang members to go to college? This program does — and it seems to be working.

Paying former gang members to go to college? This program does — and it seems to be working.

Who would pay former gang members to help them go to college? A program in Dorchester, a neighborhood in Boston, is doing just that — and for some of its students, it seems to be working.

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