Somerville schools plan could shrink Trum Field or risk waiting years for Brown building upgrade
Nearly a year after the Winter Hill Community Innovation School shut its doors indefinitely, Somerville Public Schools is moving toward a new building to house its prekindergarten-to-eighth-grade community and maybe another school.
School Committee defers leader’s evaluation, votes budget with rebuke for union president
The Cambridge School Committee dodged a self-imposed deadline to evaluate superintendent Victoria Greer, but paused long enough in passing a $268.3 million budget to call the president of the Cambridge Education Association a liar and slanderer.
Online forum renews arguments against MCAS, standardized test that’s required for graduation
Educators and parents marked the roughly quarter-century since the MCAS standardized test was introduced with what was essentially an online teach-in.
Amigos teacher is charged with sexual assault from before employment, district tells families
A teacher at the Amigos School has been charged with sexual assault and placed on administrative leave, Cambridge Public Schools told families.
With some discomfort, parents criticize Greer after School Committee delays her evaluation
After deferring an evaluation that could have decided the fate of Victoria Greer, the school district superintendent, the Cambridge School Committee has set itself up for a dramatic turn from March to April.
District survey figures would have looked better with urban comparison not allowed by software
School officials promised context for bad survey results and delivered for those who listened closely: It all depends whether you compare the Cambridge Public Schools district with all others in a dataset, or only a subset identified as “urban.”
Groups will hold forum Thursday on MCAS, standardized test drawing debate for 25 years
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.
Survey paints grim picture of Cambridge schools, but a Monday town hall promises some ‘context’
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.
Letter illustrates a sense of fear and conflict permeating Graham & Parks over principal
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.
High school is addressing post-Covid fight surge; Capuano report shows the joyful educating of tots
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.
