Education

Milford Teachers Train For School Shootings

March 15, 2013
Participants rush out of the cafeteria after hearing gun shots during a lockdown exercise at Milford High School in Milford, Mass., Friday, March 15, 2013. (Michael Dwyer/AP)

MILFORD, Mass. — The training program teaches alternatives to staying in lockdown during a school shooting, including fighting back.

Mayor Menino Proposes New Downtown Boston School

March 15, 2013

BOSTON — Mayor Menino says the goal is open the North End school to 500 students in kindergarten through the eighth-grade in the fall of 2016.

Boston School Committee Approves New School Assignment Plan

March 14, 2013

BOSTON — The new system, which does away with the three-zone system that has been used since 1989, will go into effect in the fall of 2014.

Boston School Committee To Vote On Assignment Overhaul

March 13, 2013

BOSTON — The plan, advanced by a special advisory committee last month, would give parents a choice of at least six schools.

Mass. Early Education Chief Killins Resigns

March 12, 2013

BOSTON — Sherri Killins says her resignation is unrelated to criticism of her participation in a school superintendent mentoring program.

Harvard Defends Email Search; Deans ‘Uneasy’

March 11, 2013
People are led on a tour of Harvard University in Cambridge on Aug. 30, 2012. (Elise Amendola/AP)

BOSTON — With the secret search, Harvard officials say they just were trying to protect the privacy of students implicated in a cheating scandal last year.

Harvard Explains Secret Search Of Deans’ Email

March 11, 2013
People are led on a tour of Harvard University in Cambridge on Aug. 30, 2012. (Elise Amendola/AP)

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Harvard University administrators say the search was made because a media leak raised concerns that student information considered private was at risk.

Reports: Harvard Secretly Searched Deans’ Emails

March 10, 2013

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Reports say Harvard University administrators secretly searched the emails of 16 deans last fall, looking for a leak to the media about a case of cheating.

Gov. Patrick, Students Press For Education Funding

March 5, 2013

BOSTON — The governor included an additional $550 million in education spending in his proposed budget for the new fiscal year.

Oprah To Speak At Harvard Commencement

March 4, 2013
Winfrey, who has used her success to promote charitable works, will be the principal speaker at the afternoon exercises at Harvard's 362nd commencement in May. (Charles Sykes/AP)

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Harvard President Drew Faust said in a statement Monday that Winfrey’s journey from her grandmother’s Mississippi farm to one of the world’s most admired women “is one of the great American success stories.”

Greenfield Shuts State’s 1st Public Virtual School

March 4, 2013

GREENFIELD, Mass. — The Massachusetts Virtual Academy, a three-year-old Greenfield public school that teaches 470 students, will close June 30.

Boston City Council Weighs Call For A Partially Elected School Committee

February 28, 2013

BOSTON — City Councilor Frank Baker has proposed making three of the seven seats on the Boston School Committee elected positions. Currently the mayor appoints all members.

Boston-Area Colleges Already Struggling With Sequester

February 27, 2013
Harvard post-doctoral researcher Sam Kesner has applied for an NIH grant that could get cut as part of the sequestration process. (Curt Nickisch/WBUR)

BOSTON — The sequester threat is sending a message to colleges that, now or later, federal dollars for higher education are bound to fall.

Mass. Education Board Approves New Charter Schools

February 26, 2013

The board approved three new charter schools Monday night and two more at its Tuesday morning meeting.

New Boston School Assignment Plan Is Advanced

February 26, 2013
(Chris Devers/Flickr)

BOSTON — Under the plan, families would be given their choice of at least six schools based on a long list of criteria, including distance, vacancies and school performance on MCAS.

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