MCAS RESULTS
State releases school and district MCAS results
While this year's batch of scores were largely disappointing in English, math scores hit a historic high for all grade levels.
COLUMNISTS
Ron Fletcher
A Boston College High teacher and education writer.
Campus Insider
Tracy Jan Emerson warns students not to smoke marijuana
SPECIAL SECTIONS
Last chance for
English High
A reach for redemption
English High made gains last year, but achieving its goals has been a challenge.
English High made gains last year, but achieving its goals has been a challenge.
Part 1 Long road back
Part 2 Overwhelmed teachers
Part 3 Student mothers
VIDEO English High
Paying for college 101
Sally Donahue, Harvard University's director of financial aid, answered questions about how to pay for college.
- COVERAGE New aid for the middle
- LINK College board website
GLOBE EDUCATION NEWS
Google vs. the libraries
It seemed like a great idea at the time. In 2004, Google signed a deal with five major research libraries to digitize all the books in their collections. "Google's mission is to organize the world's information, and we're excited to be working with libraries to help make this mission a reality" proclaimed company cofounder Larry Page. It looked like an ... (Boston Globe)
Health/Science calendar
Monday, Dec. 1 Science on Screen features "Contact " The Coolidge Corner Theatre focuses on the possibility of life beyond Earth with a screening of "Contact," the 1997 big-screen adaptation of Carl Sagan's novel of the same name. Before the film, astrophysicist and Harvard professor of Physics and of Electrical Engineering Paul Horowitz will give a talk on the search ... (Boston Globe)
College president, teach thyself
News that Suffolk had the highest-paid university president in the nation isn't going over well -- especially amid conflicts of interest on the university board. (Boston Globe)
Teaching the lost art of sewing in Needham and West Roxbury
Classes start at 3:15 p.m., but children's noses press up against the glass of the Needham storefront long before the door is unlocked. Here, six days a week, the nearly lost art of sewing is revered and creativity is unleashed. (By Susan Chaityn Lebovits, Boston Globe)
State grants $500,000 for Everett stadium renovation
Everett's plans to refurbish its athletic stadium received a major boost last week when the state awarded $500,000 for the project. (By John Laidler, Globe Correspondent)
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