GLOBE EDUCATION NEWS
GE chief tells BC graduates ethics, innovation, collaboration count
Boston College graduates got a dose of reality with a hint of promise from General Electric chairman and chief executive Jeffrey Immelt yesterday. (By John M. Guilfoil, Globe Staff)
Neighbors fight school over bid to move church
Neighbors of a historic church in Cambridge are suing Lesley University and the City of Cambridge over new zoning laws that could enable the school to relocate the Art Institute of Boston to the church’s lot in Porter Square. (By Brock Parker, Globe Correspondent)
In Walpole, Rebels’ pride still sparks a fight
WALPOLE — Past clapboard houses with white fences, in a tree-filled yard next to the local high school is an unusual sight: a large sign painted to look like a Confederate flag. (By Peter Schworm, Globe Staff)
Quincy teachers vote to defer 4 percent raise till next year
DORCHESTER — Facing the elimination of as many as 200 positions and cuts to programs such as all-day kindergarten and foreign-language instruction, members of the Quincy teachers union voted yesterday evening to defer their 4 percent pay raises until next year. (By Molly A. K. Connors, Globe Correspondent)
Educational publishers take on role as guides to federal grant process
TARRYTOWN, N.Y. — If you’re applying for a grant from the Obama administration, be sure to use this phrase,’’ Nancy Updegraff said authoritatively. (By D.C. Denison, Globe Staff)
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