Cambridge Public Schools
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 […]
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, opportunity gaps, and the lie of the “Good School”
In the last 18 hours I have read and reread Nikole Hannah-Jones’s article on the New York public schools and Black children, in the same way I read Malcolm X’s autobiography when I first discovered it. Each pass forces me to confront my own academic journey and to sit with a hard reality that I now must outsource my own child’s cultural footprint, […]
Union members in Cambridge to begin school year under expired contracts
The roughly 1,500 school district staff represented by the Cambridge Education Association will begin the school year with expired contracts after over 17 bargaining sessions with the school committee failed to produce a finalized agreement for any of the union’s five bargaining units. Read more This week in Cambridge and Somerville: Outdoor screenings, Grooversity and […]
Cambridge sixth grader’s self-charging energy system up for award
Ahmed Abdelsalam was on a walk when inspiration struck that would ultimately turn him from an ordinary Cambridge sixth grader into a state-recognized scientist. He was thinking about the energy it takes to propel his body throughout a walk, and remembered from science class that energy cannot be created or destroyed (the First Law of […]
Murphy says eighth grade algebra report not correct
During a School Committee meeting Tuesday, Superintendent Dave Murphy denied a report that 60% of rising ninth graders at Cambridge Rindge and Latin School would have to retake algebra. He called that figure false, though he did not provide an updated number, saying the district “will be putting additional data out there in the coming […]
Cambridge schools climate survey sees divergent responses
Cambridge teachers reported higher satisfaction in categories like “belonging” and “well-being” in this year’s school climate surveys, while principals and administrators reported lower favorability in most categories compared to last year. Read more Cambridge councillors right to stop ShotSpotter In this year’s survey, 65% of teachers reported a sense of belonging and 56% reported a […]