Education
Harvard grad students end strike
After 40 days of demonstrations, graduate student workers at Harvard University don’t have a contract but felt negotiations had shifted palpably, allowing them to end their strike. Read more Cambridge police have to remove ShotSpotter. Officers aren’t happy Harvard Graduate Students Union – United Auto Workers Local 5118, the union representing over 4,000 graduate student […]
BB&N wins second quiz show championship
Buckingham Browne & Nichols School won its second High School Quiz Show championship in dramatic fashion, coming from behind in the last round to defeat Sharon High School in a match which first aired on the High School Quiz Show YouTube Channel on May 14. Read more Pan-Asian identity at CRLS: heritage, high energy “Sharon […]
Cambridge Friends School will close
Cambridge Friends School will close its doors permanently after the 2026-27 school year, a result of continued enrollment challenges, according to an email from the school’s Board of Trustees sent to the school’s community on May 19. Read more Lesley faculty ratify contract; Harvard, MIT unions feel stalled The private Quaker school has taught elementary […]
Opening Harvard’s gates, if not its doors
As every reporter knows, good things — or, at least, good stories — don’t come to those who wait. They come to those who persist. And persist. It also helps to work with an editor who sprinkles magic dust on your labor of love. Read more Charles River Task Force in full feedback mode Such […]
Parents push Murphy for answers on 158 Spring Street, Ahern field
At a town hall-style meeting Thursday, parents pressed Cambridge Public Schools Superintendent Dave Murphy for specifics about what might go into the empty school building in East Cambridge. Read more Cambridge responds to shooting with resources, community events Around 50 community members, parents and caregivers, and district administrators attended the meeting with Murphy on the […]
CRLS seniors receive bevy of scholarships
Seniors at Cambridge Rindge and Latin School (CRLS) recently received more than $450,000 in scholarships at an event held April 29 in the school’s Fitzgerald Theater. Read more ShotSpotter vote evokes strong feelings at City Council Some 210 individual awards of 110 scholarships — totaling $464,700 — were awarded at the annual CRLS Scholarship Ceremony. […]
Is the Amigos School headed to Spring Street?
With a School Committee decision looming on the future of 158 Spring Street, former home of the Kennedy-Longfellow School, one strong option seems to be a new space for the Amigos School, currently housed off of Central Square. Read more A new walking trail steps us through our urban wilds When asked about possibilities for […]
Baldwin School boosts enrollment, classroom shuffling to come
Parents at Baldwin School are urging administrators to protect the school’s beloved art room, a staple of the Cambridge elementary school for 16 years. The room is perhaps the most bitter casualty of the classroom reshuffling that is slated to occur in the next school year as the district seeks to accommodate increased enrollment numbers. […]
The CPL’s top 10 April reads
Here are this week’s 10 most checked out books at all Cambridge Public Library locations in the month of April 2026. Thanks to Susannah Borysthen-Tkacz, Senior Librarian, for providing us with the list. Read more City council sees one way forward for Garden Street
Baldwin School boosts enrollment, classroom shuffling to come
Parents at Baldwin School are urging administrators to protect the school’s beloved art room, a staple of the Cambridge elementary school for 16 years. The room is perhaps the most bitter casualty of the classroom reshuffling that is slated to occur in the next school year as the district seeks to accommodate increased enrollment numbers. […]