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Newton Teachers Push For A Contract Agreement
Teachers will remain silent during required faculty meetings and will no longer attend voluntary committee meetings. -
Attorney General Maura Healey Brings Sandy Hook Promise Program To Massachusetts
Students in 50 school districts across the state are learning about mental health and violence prevention through a program run by the organization Sandy Hook Promise. -
Dedham Teachers End Strike, Reach Tentative Contract Agreement
The first teachers' strike in Massachusetts in 12 years ended Sunday with a compromise between teachers and the town. -
Dedham Public Schools Teachers Going On Strike After Nearly 2 Years Of Negotiations
Dedham Public Schools teachers, school nurses and counselors have gone on strike after 21 months of contract negotiations. -
Dorchester School Community Speaks Out Against Plan To Develop Athletic Field
A group of students, staff and neighbors of McCormack Middle School in Dorchester criticized a new plan to build a field house on their athletic field. -
A Solution For Food Waste In Schools: Give It To The Pigs
A law saying schools can give food scraps away to pig farmers is now on the books in Maine. -
MCAS Scores Show Steady Improvement For Some
Scores on the state’s more challenging “Next Generation” MCAS are improving since it was released three years ago, although unevenly. -
Local Politics: Boston City Council District 8 Candidates
There's less than a week left before the preliminary Boston City Council elections on September 24th. Do you know who your candidates are? -
A BPS Teacher Reflects As The End Of A 50-Year-Long Career Nears
When Janet Fillion started teaching eighth grade Latin at Boston Latin Academy in 1970, she had just turned 22 years old. The other teachers often mistook her for a student. -
Lawmakers Unveil $1.5B, Seven-Year Education Bill
Massachusetts would invest a new $1.5 billion in its public education system over the next seven years under a long-awaited consensus school finance reform bill that House and Senate leaders rolled out Thursday.