• Inspector General reveals major problems in BPS textbook buying

    Office of the Inspector General investigation reveals major problems in Boston Public School textbook buying The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) received a complaint that Boston Public Schools (BPS) paid significantly more for textbooks because it...

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  • Boston school board wants more decorum at meetings

    Boston school board wants more decorum at meetings By Associated Press  |   Monday, August 1, 2011  |  http://www.bostonherald.com |  Local Coverage BOSTON — The Boston School Committee wants a little more civility from the public at its meetings. The committee is...

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  • Boston Globe: 2011 Class Valedictorians

    From the Boston Globe: Class Acts: Boston’s 2011 valedictorians This list may be of particular interest to Blackstonian readers as it shows many of our Children who are doing excellent academically and who are going off to...

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  • Hundreds fail MCAS science exam

    Hundreds fail MCAS science exam By Associated Press  |   Tuesday, July 26, 2011  |  http://www.bostonherald.com |  Local Coverage BOSTON — Hundreds of Massachusetts high school seniors were denied diplomas at the end of the last school year because they failed the...

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  • City wants to relocate two high schools

    City wants to relocate two high schools Seeks to create more seats By James Vaznis Globe Staff / July 19, 2011 Less than a month after Boston closed the former Hyde Park High School, the city is seeking to reopen...

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  • Film Premiere of Can We Talk: Learning from Boston's Busing/Desegregation Crisis

    Special Invitation Film Premiere of Can We Talk: Learning from Boston’s Busing/Desegregation Crisis Where: Boston Public Library – Copley 700 Boylston Street Boston, MA When: Tuesday June 28, 2011 6:00 PM to 8:30 PM You are cordially...

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  • Film to launch new project on Boston busing riots

    Film to launch new project on Boston busing riots By Associated Press  |   Monday, June 27, 2011  |  http://www.bostonherald.com |  Local Coverage BOSTON —A documentary that’s to be unveiled this week is the start of a project that aims to show...

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  • Bus driver strike threatens city schools

    Bus driver strike threatens city schools By Marie Szaniszlo  |   Monday, June 27, 2011  |  http://www.bostonherald.com |  Local Coverage The bus drivers’ union serving Boston Public Schools has threatened to strike as soon as the school year ends, a move that...

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  • Expired food given to prisons Sent by state’s Education Dept.; follows outcry over student fare

    Expired food given to prisonsSent by state’s Education Dept.; follows outcry over student fare By Andrew RyanGlobe Staff / April 12, 2011 The state Department of Education recently donated thousands of cases of out-of-date food from the...

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  • Hub MCAS exams may have been tampered with

    Hub MCAS exams may have been tampered with By Colneth Smiley Jr.  |   Saturday, April 9, 2011  |  http://www.bostonherald.com  |  Local Coverage An investigation into the MCAS exams of a Hub “turnaround school” uncovered testing irregularities...

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