Education
MIT professors bedazzle cameras to protest expanding surveillance network
Armed with a stepladder, sheets of adhesive rhinestones and googly eyes, a group of MIT professors made their way through campus Tuesday evening hunting for surveillance cameras. The eye-catching decorations do not block the cameras or interfere with their operation. That’s the point. The professors want people to notice the cameras watching them. Read more […]
Cambridge School Committee wrestles with MCAS humanities scores and widening gaps
Widening racial and socioeconomic achievement gaps on state test scores were a main concern of the Cambridge School Committee’s Tuesday night discussion, where administrators presented on this year’s humanities data. Read more Council passes policy order supporting sex workers State testing data from last school year was released late September and revealed that while Cambridge’s […]
Cambridge educators rally for better pay, city council defers to school committee
A well-attended rally in front of city hall and dozens of public commenters speaking in support of higher wages for certain Cambridge Public Schools staff resulted in little actual policy change during Monday night’s city council meeting. Read more MIT Future Fest opens Wednesday The Cambridge Education Association organized the action amidst its ongoing negotiation […]
City and school district leaders to speak at panel for immigrant students
Cambridge residents will hear from city and school district leaders about supporting immigrant students in the public schools at a Wednesday night panel. Read more Football team dominates for second straight week The event, hosted at Cambridge Public Library’s main branch, will feature a discussion with school district Superintendent David Murphy, Vice-Mayor Burhan Azeem and […]
Cambridge’s MCAS data improves overall, but gaps widen
More Cambridge Public School students are meeting or exceeding grade-level expectations compared to last year, even as the statewide trend moved in the opposite direction. Read more Drought eases for Cambridge, but it may need to buy water Data from the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) showed 58% of Cambridge students in the third to […]
Cambridge STEAM Initiative calling for funding proposals from math nonprofits
The City of Cambridge will divide $70,000 in funding to selected nonprofit math enrichment programs over the course of the next year. Read more Local scientists air concerns about federal funding losses in Arlington town hall Each selected organization can receive up to $25,000 in its first funding year, with the potential to receive an […]
School Committee hears about bus delays, lower absentee rates and AI on Cambridge’s first day of school
The first day of the new school year also saw the first School Committee meeting, at which wearable smart technology was banned in schools and the Massachusetts’ Protect Act was supported. Read more Feeling the flat Superintendent Dave Murphy said he visited each of the district’s 17 schools Tuesday, and described the day as “incredibly […]
School Committee to consider ICE regulations, 158 Spring Street, tech use
After Cambridge kids ring in the first day of school on Tuesday, the School Committee will convene for its first regular meeting of the school year, where it will entertain motions on Smart Glasses use, discuss the future of the Spring Street building, and on immigration protections in schools. Read more Police seeking knife-wielding suspect […]
Winter Hill, Brown schools will merge
Somerville’s School Committee voted 8-1 Monday in favor of merging the Winter Hill Community Innovation School and the Benjamin G. Brown School into one large school where Winter Hill’s building is, with City Council President Lance Davis casting the lone ‘no’ vote. Read more We all scream for ice cream: A roundup of Cambridge and […]
Winter Hill and Brown School fates to be decided at Monday night vote, Brown School merger opposition remains
The fates of the Winter Hill Community Innovation School and the Benjamin G. Brown School, including whether to merge Brown with Winter Hill to make a larger school, will be decided at Monday night’s meeting of the School Committee. Read more Glass Ripples will make waves in Brookline Monday’s committee vote is the final recommendation […]