COMMENCEMENT 2009
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Photos: Addressing the Class of '09
From Bobcat Goldthwait to Ben Bernanke, check out who is speaking at this year's commencement ceremonies around the region. |
COMMUNITY
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- Boston Public Schools blog
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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
Tufts to suspend student in fight
The Tufts University freshman involved in a high-profile altercation last month with members of the Korean Students Association admitted making racial and ethnic slurs and threatening to kill the students. (Boston Globe, 05/03/09)
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
Visitors to website Sporcle learn geography and other subjects - and have fun
Megan Goodrich loves few things more than geography, but even she had to admit that the weekly meetings of the Geography Enthusiasts Club at Bridgewater State College were getting kind of dull. (By Don Aucoin, Globe Staff)
Education secretary offers cash incentives to develop common standards
RALEIGH, N.C. - Education Secretary Arne Duncan is offering federal cash incentives to achieve one of his priorities: developing national standards for reading and math to replace a hodgepodge of benchmarks in the states. (By Justin Pope and Libby Quaid, Associated Press)
Bartlett parents ask state to investigate Waltham school's closure
A group of parents of students at the Bartlett School, which this month shut its doors due to financial difficulties, has asked the state attorney general to investigate the Waltham nonprofit elementary school's board of trustees in connection with their financial decisions leading to its closing. (By James O'Brien, Globe Correspondent)
New ideas for what to do with America's piece of Cuba
IT WOULD SEEMINGLY require a sadism-tinged sense of leisure for someone to consider Guantanamo Bay a vacation destination. Or it might be just a lack of imagination. Instead of kneeling, shackled, orange-jumpsuited men, picture a pristine bay and protected coastline where endangered hawksbill sea turtles nest, mingling with Cuban iguanas. The slopes above the bay, too steep for sugarcane, are ... (By Drake Bennett, Boston Globe)
Marini returning to lead Newton schools as interim superintendent
Few people knew the Newton public schools as well as V. James Marini when he left the Garden City seven years ago to be chief of Winchester's school district. (By Calvin Hennick, Globe Correspondent)
LATEST EDUCATION NEWS WIRE UPDATES
- AP News in Brief (AP, 7:21 p.m.)
- Calif. students stuck in China due to swine flu (AP, 7:01 p.m.)
- W.Va. lawmakers pass extra spending bills, adjourn (AP, 6:02 p.m.)
- Ohio House OKs ban on campus credit card marketing (AP, 5:05 p.m.)
- Sub allegedly chokes student during dodgeball game (AP, 9:10 p.m.)
LATEST K-12 EDUCATION NEWS
- High school students compete for auto repair crown (AP, 6/16/09)
- Fla. school likely named for Mourning over Reno (AP, 6/16/09)
- Military academies say applications jump 10-40 pct (AP, 6/16/09)
- Catholic church combining 2 central Vt. schools (AP, 6/16/09)
- RI not recommending schools close for swine flu (AP, 6/16/09)
LATEST HIGHER EDUCATION NEWS
- Mich. governor wants state to keep college grants (AP, 8:21 p.m.)
- Harvard classrooms, labs feel pinch of budget cuts (Boston Globe, 6/16/09)
- Ex-congressman on trial over freezer cash, bribery (AP, 6/16/09)
- Mich. senators vote to cut college scholarships (AP, 6/16/09)
- Disagreements center on La.'s 'rainy day' fund (AP, 6/16/09)