Obama education overhaul well received The Boston Globe | Massachusetts school officials and education advocates welcomed yesterday President Obama's proposal for sweeping changes in the way schools are judged on meeting federal standards, hopeful that it will focus attention on schools that need the most help while decreasing the likelihood of labeling ...
Farm to School program changes kids' views on food The Boston Globe | SHARON, Vt.-The third and fourth graders at Sharon Elementary know where the veggies in their soup come from because they've visited the farms. They know the nutritional value of the carrots, onions and cabbage because they've studied them in class...
Vt., NH schools rank high for Peace Corps grads The Boston Globe | CONCORD, N.H.-Several schools in northern New England are among the colleges and universities that produced a high number of Peace Corps volunteers last year. | The University of Vermont came in at 13th among medium-sized schools, with the Universi...
Judging books by their covers: Boston College Law School Library shows rare treasures The Examiner | Marbled binding Boston College Law Library | Before they had Blackberries and iPhones, lawyers had books. Rare legal tomes from the 1400s to the twentieth century are on show through May at the Daniel R. Coquillette Rare Book Room at Bos...
Everyone can excel in school The Examiner | Frederick Douglass understood that an education was the only way. Wikipedia | "I did not run off, for I thought that wicked, but I walked off, believing that to be all right" Sojourner Truth. | In America, children are able to attend publ...
High school student, 17, struck by concrete truck in Danvers The Boston Globe | DANVERS - A 17-year-old high school student walking to his bus stop yesterday morning suffered a broken pelvis and gash to his head after being struck by a concrete truck while crossing busy Route 62, police and school officials said. | Mike Philbr...
2 Lawrence Catholic schools to merge The Boston Globe | LAWRENCE, Mass.-Pastors from two Lawrence Catholic schools have announced that their schools are merging to offset the impact of dwindling revenues and enrollment. | Officials with St. Patrick Parish and Our Lady of Good Counsel Parish said Thursda...
Police look for truck in Maine student's death The Boston Globe | ORONO, Maine-Police say they are looking for a pickup truck that likely struck and killed a University of Maine student last weekend in Orono. | The body of 20-year-old Jordyn Bakley of Camden was found early Saturday morning on Middle Street by a ...
The case for giving elderly drivers a road test The Boston Globe | After a string of fatal automobile accidents involving elderly drivers, you'd think our Legislature would finally - finally - pass a law mandating road tests for senior citizens seeking to renew their licenses. | For years, Senator Brian Joyce's bill has been relegated to that purgatory known as "committee.'' Now the House is moving on a watered-...
Google gives UW $1.35 million grant for research on mobile devices Seattle Times | Google has awarded $1.35 million to the University of Washington for research on mobile phones. | Researcher Gaetano Borriello won the three-year grant, which includes $900,000 up front and $450,000 per year. An engineer from the company will work directly with Borriello. His project is called "Open Data: Data Collection from Mobile Devices." | T...
