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Bilingual law fails first test
Three years after Massachusetts ended statewide bilingual education, most non-native English speakers are not fluent enough to function in a regular classroom, state test results show.  For Somali student, 'English is fun' now Meet three young students as they attempt to learn English.  Student in Chinatown struggles 'to know' the right answers  In Lawrence, her learning goes slowly

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Harvard staff grants aim to boost diversity

Harvard University will expand child-care and academic grants to support female and minority faculty and staff as they climb the ladder at the prestigious school, university officials plan to announce today.
Globe education writer Tracy Jan received third place in the National Headliners Awards' education writing category. Here are the stories from 2005 that made up her entry.
At home as cadets
In JROTC, recent immigrants learn about their country and themselves. (5/1/05)
Where NAY is rarely heard
Is the Boston School Committee working for you? (10/9/05)
Payzant races to finish
A Boston superintendent hopes to be known as more than Mr. Stability. (11/1/05)
Seeking challenge, she engineers a school
Alafia Spencer designed a catapult that propelled golf balls across her physics classroom, dissected a chicken, and analyzed the bones of a decomposing lizard. (3/20/05)
A study in persistance
This principal's strategy changes expectations. (6/20/05)
 Education board chancellor to step down (By Marcella Bombardieri, Globe Staff)
 Summer jobs for parents (By Jennifer Fenn Lefferts, Globe Correspondent)
 N.Y. report denounces shock use at school (By Scott Allen, Globe Staff)
 Baptists will stay in schools (By Tim Whitmire, Associated Press)
 Reverse translation (By Jennifer Nelson, Globe Correspondent)
Latest AP news:
 Classes of distinction (Boston Globe, 6/1/06)
 PEOPLE: Making it a snap (Boston Globe, 5/21/06)
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