Schools are just beginning to decide an approach for end of Covid-aid-funded programs and staff
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.
Policy changes ripple through Cambridge schools from adopting universal pre-K, toughening rules
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.
‘State of the schools’ address marks a moment between Covid recovery and coming challenges
The first “state of the schools” address in Cambridge was called a moment to reflect, and uplift meaningful work and communicate district challenges.
School district and educators sign a contract, $21M over three years adding teaching time
It would be a brutally cold morning for supporters of district teachers and administrators to rallt outside schools for a contract – but for now they don’t have to.
School Committee candidates for the 2023 race: Two new faces are guaranteed for Cantabrigians (updated)
The committee will have a range of issues to address, including contract negotiations, finding ways to address learning loss that occurred during the pandemic, addressing racial and economic inequalities and ensuring all students are academically challenged and have the resources they need.
Students two-plus years behind can get tutoring from school district of up to 50 hours a semester
Plans to offer specialized tutoring to eligible Cambridge Public Schools drew School Committee questions about how students are selected, how hiring is progressing and how to encourage students to study after the day’s final bell rings.
School Committee candidates agree on a lot during forum on MCAS, pay and leadership
School Committee candidates talked about standardized tests, educator pay and retention and the work of superintendent Victoria Greer at a candidate town hall.
New preschool program alters Controlled Choice, the policy that places students in district schools
The rollout of free universal pre-kindergarten next fall may force a full reevaluation of Controlled Choice, the delicate game families play to enroll their children into their preferred Cambridge public elementary school.
Slower return to more rigorous algebra standard is okayed by School Committee with a roundtable
The school district plans to shift the algebra curricula taught in ninth grade into eighth grade and move the current eighth-grade math units into seventh grade over three years, a reversal of what some parents feared was a “dumbed-down curriculum.”
Cambridge marks Juneteenth, parade to park honoring the ‘resilience of the human spirit’
Juneteenth celebrations drew hundreds in Cambridge on Monday, including to a freedom parade windings its way from City Hall to Riverside Press Park.
