Mayor Walsh Hosts Luncheon For Boston High School Valedictorians
The event highlighted that the barriers some students faced rising to the top, went deeper than homework and grades.
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The event highlighted that the barriers some students faced rising to the top, went deeper than homework and grades.
The new college affordability program for Boston high school graduates enables low-income students to complete four-year degrees without paying tuition or mandatory fees.
Over a year and a half ago, the atrium of MassArt's Design and Media Center was still under construction, and the college needed a masterpiece. That's when artist Daniel Clayman was called in for ideas--and one idea literally hit him.
The author, actress and former talk show host addressed more than 600 graduates Sunday at the college's 139th commencement in Northampton, Massachusetts. She was among five women who received an honorary degree from the women's liberal arts school.
Thousands of school children sit in Symphony Hall--some for the first time--but this isn't the stuffy concert they were probably expecting.
The former first lady pushed the changes as part of her "Let's Move" campaign to combat childhood obesity.
Sydney Chaffee was named the National Teacher of the Year last week.
At 826 Boston's "Writers' Room," students get help improving their writing skills from trained tutors from universities like Northeastern and UMass Boston.
Practice has paid off for a group of Winchester High School students who will get the chance to perform on an iconic stage.
Her Formation Scholars Award will go to a single black woman student at four schools.
For the first time in its 65-year history, the award for National Teacher of the Year has gone to a teacher from Massachusetts.
The 2017 "National Teacher of the Year' award has gone to a public charter school teacher in Dorchester.
The University of Massachusetts has a budget deficit expected to hit $30 million later in 2017--but UMass President Marty Meehan says that's just temporary.
A former student and teacher at Boston Latin has been named its new headmaster.
It's become a flashpoint at a time when many teachers say students are more energized than ever by current events.
