“Boston’s future depends on building great schools, because the success of our schools directly impacts our ability to build safe, healthy, and livable neighborhoods,” Connolly said. “Failing schools have forced many young families to flee Boston, and they are a huge obstacle to Boston’s ...
The superintendent of schools said if students have travel plans already they will not be penalized. "I would like us to get back tomorrow so we don't have one more day to make up," Zilles said. State Takes Action Governor Maura Healey's administration is now getting involved in the str...
Some schools, like Tufts University, have made it clear they don't support the movement calling for divestment. At Emerson College, Northeastern University, Harvard University and MIT, students have set up tents as a symbol of their demand for divestment. "I look at it as students that are ...
The letters,released by the MIT Alliance of Concerned Faculty, urge the school to continue negotiations with protesters and avoid sending police in to clear the camp on Kresge Lawn, as other nearby schools have done. Many professors, who signed off on their letters anonymously, warned tha...
“today, tonight, tomorrow” carol kassel of bronx, n.y.: my daughter and i recommend this ya romance -- smart, witty, and satisfying. the main character is an intelligent young woman who happens to be jewish, which is also a refreshing detail you don’t often find in novels where ...
This 12-month paid program is an awesome opportunity for rising high school sophomores, juniors, and seniors with an interest in the arts—the program is open to Boston residents and attendees of Boston public schools. Participants are able to get a firsthand look at the inner working of the...
With many schools on spring vacation this week, buses are freed up to assist with getting runners out to the starting line. According to the Boston Athletic Association, there are 29,451 athletes headed for Hopkinton Monday. The waves of starters in the 2024 Boston Marathon begins at 9:02 ...
One year ago, our world shut down. We went home. Schools and stores closed. We lost jobs and loved ones, went mad with loneliness, took risks to help others, waited on God, forestalled futures. We learned to fear. What we didn't always realize: We were together in isolation, and o...
Pierce is everything a Celtic should be, tough, gritty, loyal and smart. His play, although not always smooth, got the job done. He was the blue collar star the franchise needed. Constantly giving back to the community schools and under privileged, Pierce will always be an icon in Boston...
aHe asked her,“Since you can see the world,will you marry me?” The girl looked at her boyfriend and saw that he was blind.The sight of his closed eyelids shocked her.She hadn't expected that.When she thought she would live with the blind boy all her life,she refused him.The girl...