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Martha's Vineyard Regional begins search for new principal

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High School Begins Search for New Principal
Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School is in the market for a new principal, after school officials announced this week that interim principal Sean Mulvey will return to the school’s counseling depart...
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December 3, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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New Bedford vocational students learn marketing, branding from the pros

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New Bedford vocational students learn marketing, branding from the pros
A group of Business Tech seniors at GNB Voc-Tech got an inside look at Punch Creatives, supplier of their own school store, The Den.
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December 3, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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Norton School Committee to seek state approval for replacement of middle school roof

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Norton School Committee to seek state approval for replacement of middle school roof
NORTON -- School committee members will be seeking approval from the Massachusetts School Building Authority for a roughly $9.2 million project to fully replace the middle school roof.
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December 3, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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Seekonk High School pool faces possible closure

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Browse - Reporter Today
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December 3, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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Taunton teachers sound alarm after staff 'assaulted, spit on, kicked'

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Taunton teachers union wants action after staff 'assaulted, spit on'
The Taunton teachers union said there've been 37 classroom evacuations and 24 teachers injured so far this year. What is a classroom evacuation?
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December 3, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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Opinion: Boston should return to neighborhood schools

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Boston should return to the neighborhood school - The Boston Globe
The current school assignment system is expensive, confusing, and ineffective. Mayor Wu has earned the political capital to fix it.
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December 3, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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Lexington High School closed Tuesday after pipe burst on campus at 1 a.m.

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LHS closed today after pipe burst on campus at 1 a.m.
Public facilities teams have replaced the pipe and are working to fill in the hole. The principal expects school to be back on tomorrow.
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December 3, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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Swampscott School Committee chair resigning, effective immediately, citing 'misinformation' and public criticism

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Swampscott School Committee Chair Resigns, Citing ‘Misinformation’ and Persistent Public Criticism
Amy O’Connor announced Monday that she is resigning from the School Committee, citing a “small but vocal group” who she says continue “to mischaracterize our fiscal management and cast doubt on the…
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December 3, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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Opening and closing bells would likely change across the Pittsfield schools to accommodate the new middle school program

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Opening and closing bells would likely change across the Pittsfield schools to accommodate the new middle school program
The schools are committed to the reorganization. What’s at stake is when it will take effect.
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December 3, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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Bill to prioritize teacher quality over seniority faces uphill battle
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Bill to prioritize teacher quality over seniority faces uphill battle
STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, Dec. 2, 2025.....A bill to prioritize high-performing and bilingual teachers over seniority during layoffs ran into some early resistance during its Tuesday hearing.
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December 3, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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Lowell science teacher named 2026 Mass. Teacher Of The Year

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Lowell science teacher named 2026 Mass. Teacher Of The Year
Tara Goodhue credits her success to having the best students in the state.
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December 3, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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Public school funding nears $1 trillion, Reason Foundation finds

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Public school funding nears $1 trillion, Reason Foundation finds
Average annual per-student costs grew 36% across local, state and federal sources between 2002 and 2023 after adjusting for inflation.
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December 3, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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Cities keep changing who runs schools. Are they just running in place?

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Cities Keep Changing Who Runs Schools. Are They Just Running in Place?
A new set of existential threats, including declining enrollment and closures, is reviving conversations about who holds power over schools.
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December 3, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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Opinion: Multilingualism is a strength. Why isn't the curriculum designed that way?

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Multilingualism Is a Strength. Why Isn’t Curriculum Designed That Way?
Gonzalez: We cannot allow the push for English-only policies to overshadow years of data about the power of speaking more than one language.
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December 3, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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The real way schools are failing boys

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The Real Way Schools are Failing Boys
“If we really want boys to succeed, we need to ensure that they know how to both beat—and lose— to girls."
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December 3, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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Would more emphasis on high-stakes testing help address America’s learning woes?

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Did scaling back school accountability and testing pressure hurt students?
Critics say ending No Child Left Behind and moving to the Every Student Succeeds Act can help explain declining test scores. Here’s what the research shows.
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December 3, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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RFK Jr.’s vaccine advisers plan biggest change yet to childhood schedule

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RFK Jr.’s vaccine advisers plan biggest change yet to childhood schedule
The new chair of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices said the panel plans to vote to end universal hepatitis B vaccination at birth and to scrutinize if childhood shots cause allergies.
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December 3, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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How Trump 2.0 upended education research and statistics in one year

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How Trump 2.0 upended education research and statistics in one year
Decades of carefully built infrastructure aimed at improving and tracking how American children learn vanished in an ideological attack
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December 3, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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Opinion: Sen. Elizabeth Warren: Education Secretary Linda McMahon should resign
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Sen. Elizabeth Warren: Education Secretary Linda McMahon should resign
Linda McMahon has no business leading the Department of Education. She should resign, writes Sen. Elizabeth Warren.
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December 3, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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What would education’s omission as a ‘professional degree’ mean?

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What would education’s omission as a ‘professional degree’ mean?
The field reportedly didn’t make the cut in a proposal under consideration by the Education Department regarding federal loan limits for graduate students.
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December 3, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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20 states push back as Ed Department hands programs off to other departments

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20 States Push Back as Ed. Dept. Hands Programs to Other Agencies
The Trump admin. says it wants to prove that moving programs out of the Ed. Dept. can work long-term.
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December 3, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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Southern Berkshire Regional seeks their next superintendent of schools. All information and the application is available here: www.masc.org/job/superint...

Applications are due December 12, 2025
December 2, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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Meet 3 new superintendents navigating future for Cape Cod students

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Meet 3 new superintendents navigating future for Cape Cod students
Three new school superintendents on Cape Cod started their jobs on July 1. What are their hopes, their goals, and their plans?
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December 2, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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Attleboro schools receive state funding toward substance use prevention services

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Attleboro schools receive state funding toward substance use prevention services
ATTLEBORO — The high school and its Community Academy are among several schools in Massachusetts to receive a portion of $9.1 million in state funding that will be used for
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December 2, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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King Philip Regional, Mansfield, and Plainville schools eligible for state money for building repairs

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KP, Mansfield and Plainville schools eligible for state money for building repairs
Three area school systems are earmarked to receive state financial assistance for building repair projects.
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December 2, 2025 at 2:13 PM