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Massachusetts leaves behind No Child Left Behind

Massachusetts leaves behind No Child Left Behind

Massachusetts is one of various states looking to apply for a federal waiver to the No Child Left Behind Act this November.

Budget cuts a shaky solution for crisis

Budget cuts a shaky solution for crisis

My high school, Lewis Cass Technical High School, was a college preparatory – one of three in our system that students needed to test into. It structured classes under a curriculum similar to the way college majors are set up.

Panel examines youth gang violence

On Wednesday, four individuals – a current BC student, a member of the Boston Police Department’s Human Trafficking Unit, and two Boston police officers – gathered in the Murray Function Room before an audience of students and faculty.

Teach For America receives $100 million endowment

Teach for America (TFA) announced this month that it has received $100 million to start an endowment that aims to make the program a permanent presence in public education. Four philanthropists have collab­orated to provide the program with a long-term supply of money.