GLOBE EDUCATION NEWS
Foreign language program saved at Silver Lake Regional Middle School
A parent and student grass-roots movement to save the Silver Lake Regional Middle School’s foreign language program has succeeded in keeping foreign language classes for eighth-graders — an outcome that shows democracy works, the campaign’s organizers said. (By Robert Knox, Globe Correspondent)
Students invite seniors to dance to ’40s tunes
World War II veterans from across the region can relive memories of youth and enjoy old-fashioned fun Saturday with a group of students 65 years their juniors. (By Johanna Kaiser, Globe Correspondent)
In Quincy, three Catholic schools close as one opens
Girls wearing red-and-green plaid jumpers and boys in khakis and white polo shirts are building rockets from two-liter soda bottles when the Rev. John W. O’Brien, the man with ultimate and complete authority over their school, drops in. (By Molly A.K. Connors, Globe Correspondent)
Concert to benefit slain student
James F. Alenson would have graduated from the Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School this year, and the instrumental music department will be remembering its former trumpet player tonight with a concert. (By Amanda Fakhreddine, Globe Correspondent)
Education officials may scrap MCAS test
Massachusetts education officials are quietly putting together a proposal to scrap the controversial MCAS exams in English and math and replace them with new tests they are developing with about two dozen other states. (By James Vaznis, Globe Staff)
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