GLOBE EDUCATION NEWS
Growing schools seek state boost
Brockton School Superintendent Matt Malone says public education should be run like a business, and if schools are bound by law to deliver a product based on the number of students enrolled, then the state should be similarly bound when it comes to reimbursement. (By Michele Morgan Bolton, Globe Correspondent)
Prom season raises specter of teen drinking’s toll
On a warm spring morning earlier this month, Charlotte Marean took a day off from work and went to the state Parole Board to argue that the young man who killed her mother nearly a year ago, and almost killed her, should spend more time in jail. She was escorted into a small hearing room with Jonathan Caruso, 19, who ... (By Kathleen Burge, Globe Staff)
At Salem High, graduate who survived fatal drunken driving crash shares a hard lesson
SALEM — “Step up and say something, if you know someone is making a bad choice. Don’t be afraid to say anything,’’ T.J. Lambert said, his eyes panning a hushed crowd of Salem High School students standing before him. “Step up and say something, if you know someone is making a bad choice. Don’t be afraid to say anything . ... (By Kathy McCabe, Globe Staff)
New French lottery jolts Milton parents
You can’t always get what you want — especially if you want your first-grader in the Milton public schools’ French immersion program at your neighborhood school. (By Johanna Seltz, Globe Correspondent)
Harvard superintendent will appeal ethics violation ruling
The superintendent of Harvard’s school system, Thomas Jefferson, said last week he is appealing the State Ethics Commission’s ruling that he had violated conflict-of-interest laws when he approved spending $30,000 on out-of-district tuition for a former School Committee chairman’s son. (By Jennifer Fenn Lefferts, Globe Correspondent)
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