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BOSTON – The state education commissioner next week will ask the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education to approve new charter schools in Springfield and Brockton and expansions at five existing charter schools, including four in Boston. Elementary and Secondary Education Commissioner Mitchell Chester on Tuesday announced his recommendations in support
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It was once a matter of common sense that teachers cannot teach what they do not know. And research supports the view that a teacher's knowledge of his or her subject area is, so far, the best and only predictor of student achievement. In Massachusetts, common sense guided
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It all started with a question that Jean and John Kingston had in 2005 when their eldest daughter turned 14: "Have we done a good enough job instilling in our children the values in which we believe?'" After much consideration, the Kingstons decided that it was not
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"It's such a courageous decision for an expectant parent to choose an adoption plan. It's so brave. It is such a selfless thing to do." Julie C. Paine, branch director for the Southern New England office (serving both Massachusetts and Rhode Island) of Bethany
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BOSTON – Massachusetts had the highest rate of child abuse and neglect in the nation in 2014, with almost 31,900 cases reported, according to a report from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The rate of abuse or neglect rose to 22.9 cases per 1,000
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BOSTON – Last year brought its challenges to the homeless in Boston, with record snowfall and the unexpected closure of the Long Island shelter, eliminating 700 beds. Now, as winter deepens once again, the city aims to come up with a plan to end chronic homelessness. To gather data to help
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BOSTON – In an emotionally charged gymnasium filled with parents and bureaucrats, the state's education board voted narrowly on Tuesday to revoke the charter of Dorchester Collegiate Academy Charter School. It appeared Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education Mitchell Chester's recommendation might deadlock before the board until
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BOSTON – In Thursday night's State of the Commonwealth Address, Gov. Charlie Baker called for bold actions to break the back of the beast of addiction. Baker looks to disrupt a status-quo adherence to treatment plans that haven't proven successful in combating opioid and heroin use. He
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