A standardized test debated for more than a quarter-century gets an online-only forum Thursday that will try to pack a lot into a mere hour and a half.
Perceptions of Cambridge Public Schools among faculty and administrators, families and students are stuck in the doldrums and in some cases quite bad, according to a survey that compares districts nationwide. A town hall will discuss it.
School council members who don’t want to be identified or contacted at personal email addresses. Parents who fear retaliation at an elementary school. An underway investigation into a principal and Open Meeting Law complaints. Welcome to Graham & Parks.
Fights break out at Somerville High School roughly once every two weeks, School Committee members heard, but a look at the Capuano Early Childhood Education Center showed a more delightful side of education.
After a spike in chronic absenteeism two years ago, numbers are starting to come down for Cambridge Public Schools – to 21 percent from 25 percent last year – but preschool and high school years both remain big.
A relatively new principal whose contract is up for renewal at Cambridge’s Graham & Parks School is being investigated by the school district after community complaints and accounts of a “toxic work environment” at a previous workplace.
Insights on how to spend the Cambridge Public Schools’ proposed $268 million budget for fiscal year 2025 will arrive with a first community budget meeting and roundtable. School Committee members are looking for them too.
Changes that could be accepted as soon as Tuesday affect how kids get into and transfer within programs throughout elementary school. While current students will be exempt from the changes, it could mean fewer choices and less flexibility for students arriving in the fall.
Community members are criticizing the Cambridge school district’s hiring of a highly paid chief strategy officer who is 25 years old, graduated from college two years ago and has no experience in the field of education.
A special meeting finished up business from last week’s School Committee inaugural, swearing in two members unable to attend Jan. 1 and electing a vice chair.