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MCAS RESULTS
2008 MCAS results
While this year's batch of scores were largely disappointing in English, math scores hit a historic high for all grade levels.
Campus Insider
Racist e-mail roils Dartmouth College
The day after Dartmouth became the first Ivy League school to appoint an Asian-American president, a student sent a racist e-mail over a daily satirical campus listserv.
SPECIAL SECTIONS
Last chance for
English High
A reach for redemption
English High made gains last year, but achieving its goals has been a challenge.
English High made gains last year, but achieving its goals has been a challenge.
- Part 1 Long road back
- Part 2 Overwhelmed teachers
- Part 3 Student mothers
- VIDEO English High
Paying for college 101
Sally Donahue, Harvard University's director of financial aid, answered questions about how to pay for college.
- COVERAGE New aid for the middle
- LINK College board website
GLOBE EDUCATION NEWS
In Burlington, teacher layoffs loom
Burlington school officials are preparing for job cuts they say will be needed next fiscal year if they are not able to win pay concessions from the teachers' union. (By John Laidler, Globe Correspondent)
Students' iPhones and Blackberries stolen at Westwood High
It's the kind of notice administrators dread sending home, detailing the in-school theft of students' belongings. (By Michele Morgan Bolton, Globe Correspondent)
State DEP examines site of Newton South's planned turf fields
The state Department of Environmental Protection visited the athletic fields at Newton South High School on Thursday to determine whether plans for installing synthetic turf would violate the Wetlands Protection Act. (By Ben Terris, Globe Correspondent)
Randolph benefits from touchdowns
RANDOLPH - On Monday, representatives from Kaspersky Labs and WBCN 104.1-FM presented seven new computers to the Randolph Community Middle School through the "Touchdowns for Technology" program. (Boston Globe)
Community colleges modernize dorms to recruit students
LOS ANGELES - Byron Herman rolled out of his dorm bed, yanked on snow pants and a beanie, and stumbled across the parking lot to his 8 a.m. math class. (By Gale Holland, Los Angeles Times)
LATEST EDUCATION NEWS WIRE UPDATES
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- SAT-optional -- will trend take off or sputter? (AP, 2 p.m.)
- Disgraced superintendent's election roils Vt. town (AP, 1:20 p.m.)
- Disgraced superintendent's election roils Vt. town (AP, 12:08 p.m.)
LATEST K-12 EDUCATION NEWS
- City schools challenged by shifting ethnic mix (Boston Globe, 4/18/09)
- Deaths, injuries raise alarm at cheerleading's dangers (Boston Globe, 4/18/09)
- Students' iPhones and Blackberries stolen at Westwood High (Boston Globe, 4/18/09)
- Deaths, injury bring call for cheerleading regulations (Boston Globe, 4/18/09)
- WALTHAM Bartlett School families working to save Waltham institution (Boston Globe, 4/18/09)
LATEST HIGHER EDUCATION NEWS
- Conn. college students want guns allowed on campus (AP, 10:48 a.m.)
- Campus Insider Alleged racial incident stuns Tufts (Boston Globe, 12 a.m.)
- Mass. college kids to break ground on solar house (AP, 4/18/09)
- Maine schools announce commencement speakers (AP, 4/18/09)
- Locking in: Save a lot -- or pay the price (AP, 4/18/09)