News Briefs
A five-year, $5 million grant program will encourage collaboration among public school officials, nonprofit organizations, colleges, and city officials in Boston to help more students in the city’s public schools prepare for and succeed in higher education.
December 1, 2008
Massachusetts Education Secretary Paul Reville says the state’s financial crisis will force Gov. Deval Patrick to scale back his free preschool-to-community college education plan.
November 4, 2008
A state appeals court in Massachusetts has upheld the reinstatement with full back pay of three teachers who were fired by the Lowell school district for “failure to demonstrate fluency in English.”
October 7, 2008
A 2-year-old effort to create universal access to preschool in Massachusetts has done little to get more children in programs, a new report says.
September 16, 2008
Changing status would free the 20 schools from some district mandates and union work rules.
March 11, 2008
Gov. Patrick’s first State of the Commonwealth speech included a call for lawmakers to move swiftly on a proposed increase in education spending.
February 5, 2008
The Teaching Policy Fellowship aims to promote ways to retain teachers who have made it successfully through the first years of teaching but may not stay a lifetime.
April 29, 2008
Despite ideological differences, three gubernatorial veterans in the 2008 presidential race share some experiences in dealing with education.
December 17, 2007
While it may sound like a given that added learning time can translate to better test scores, research suggests that whether it does remains an open question.
December 11, 2007
The schools were conceived in 1994 as the district's reponse to charters.
November 9, 2007
Pennsylvania Gov. Rendell is proposing to bring all school employees under one insurance plan, rather than have individual school districts continue to provide their own.
September 27, 2007
State officials are examining the plans to see if they are legally viable in the wake of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling.
September 13, 2007
Gov. Deval L. Patrick has spelled out an ambitious set of goals for the coming decade that has education interest groups supporting his vision.
June 7, 2007
State, district leaders debate when to grant autonomy.
March 16, 2007
The reversal delays a transition that is already a year behind schedule.
January 30, 2007
Updated: November 19, 2008
