GLOBE EDUCATION NEWS
Tensions grow as Boston prepares for teacher contract talks
Boston parents, students, community activists, and civic groups have launched lobbying campaigns to press for changes to the teachers union contract, in what observers say could be the most acrimonious bargaining climate in a decade. (By James Vaznis, Globe Staff)
Teachers in R.I. subdued but still employed after bargaining
CENTRAL FALLS, R.I. — The president of the teachers union said collective bargaining had worked. The school superintendent lauded a new era of collaboration for a failing high school singled out by President Obama. But the bottom line of a labor agreement approved yesterday showed another, hard-edged result. (By Brian MacQuarrie, Globe Staff)
Barring of Chomsky stirs up a political storm in Israel
In a vitriolic address to the United Nations in 2006, President Hugo Chávez of Venezuela assailed US foreign policy and called President George W. Bush the devil. He then held up a copy of Noam Chomsky’s “Hegemony or Survival: America’s Quest for Global Dominance’’ and urged the audience to read it. (By Peter Schworm, Globe Staff)
Misguided makeovers
Ricardo Canuto is 19 years old and when he came here from Cape Verde three years ago he didn’t speak a lick of English. (By Kevin Cullen, Globe Columnist)
Ex-Harvard student accused of living a lie
He crafted an elaborate web of lies to con his way into Harvard University, authorities say, but Adam B. Wheeler wasn’t content to graduate quietly and get away with just a degree. (By John R. Ellement and Tracy Jan, Globe Staff)
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