Black and Latino students consistently have lower test scores and attendance rates than their white counterparts. Placing struggling students in remedial classes has been a standard way to deal with the issue, but this method is coming under fire.
The school offers its Nobel laureates free lifetime permits to park in highly coveted spaces.
Until a year ago, Beverly Harvey was more familiar with balance sheets than attendance sheets.
The dean of Harvard University’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences said he will reduce the number of professors to help balance a $110 million deficit.
Boston’s public schools are in for a shakeup. Superintendent Carol Johnson has laid out a five-year timetable for bringing the whole district up to par with 14 schools listed for restructuring.
BOSTON — A new report shows a significant drop in the number of public high schools in Massachusetts that teach sex education, which has health officials worried about the possibility of more teenagers engaging in risky sexual behavior.
BOSTON — Sen. John Kerry and Reps. Barney Frank and James McGovern wrote a letter to Gov. Deval Patrick saying a public law school “will be another example of how this university strategically helps our region.”
BOSTON — Gov. Deval Patrick urged the Massachusetts Legislature on Wednesday to suspend its rules and stay in session as long as needed to pass an education-overhaul bill, but the House speaker balked.
CHICAGO — U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan and the Rev. Jesse Jackson are among the leaders expressing shock over the reported death of Chicago Board of Education President Michael Scott.
BOSTON — Student health centers all over the city are overcrowded with young adults with influenza-like illnesses. The challenge for many health care officials on campus is trying to keep the flu from spreading on crowded campuses.
WASHINGTON — The Education Department is reassuring the state of Massachusetts it does not agree with an internal watchdog who suggested the state was using economic stimulus money improperly.
SOUTH HADLEY, Mass. — Lynn Pasquerella, a philosopher and medical ethicist and the current provost at the University of Hartford, was named the 18th president of Mount Holyoke College.
WORCESTER, Mass. — Gov. Deval Patrick is preparing to lay off anywhere from 1,000 to 2,000 state workers before the end of the year. The cuts come as the state grapples with another surprise budget deficit. This time, Patrick has to plug a $600 million hole in the budget.
BOSTON — One of six Harvard Medical School researchers who became ill after drinking coffee laced with a toxic chemical says he does not see how the incident could have been an accident.
BOSTON — Public education has emerged as a high-profile issue in this year’s Boston mayoral contest, though much of the focus has been on the debate over charter schools. Meanwhile, the pilot school program in the city has stalled, leaving many wondering: What happened to this once nationally recognized Boston innovation?
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — In a speech at MIT on Friday, President Obama touted a major climate change bill and urged Americans to lead in renewable energy. We interviewed MIT students for their assessment of Mr. Obama’s progress as a “green” president.
GRAFTON, Mass. — Grafton High School will close for two days next week and cancel all sports and extracurricular activities because of a suspected swine flu outbreak.
BOSTON — U.S. Senate candidate Alan Khazei unveiled his plan to overhaul public education Thursday, calling education both an economic and moral issue in America.
