Education
Amigos School relocation will be “seriously considered”
Relocating the Amigos School to the vacant school building at 158 Spring Street will be “seriously considered,” Superintendent Dave Murphy said in an email Monday to Amigos parents and families. Read more Majority of CARE responses not for mental health Amigos has emerged as a leading contender for the former Kennedy-Longfellow building in recent months, […]
Chinese immersion program is renamed after parent pushback
Since 2021, a Mandarin Chinese immersion program that has been a draw for Cambridge families has cut down on its Chinese instruction hours and changed its curriculum. Now, after months of debate between the school district and parents, the program is being renamed. Read more Lander lands Wu endorsement in race against Brownsberger Parents of […]
How to protect children from their own prompts
We live in a world where artificial intelligence is everywhere: from the stock market to coffee makers to an AI-generated image that President Trump posted online, portraying himself as Jesus healing the sick. AI can be a powerful force for good. But the AI tsunami flooding the world can be dangerous for people with no […]
Union rallies for higher wages outside of School Committee
Around 60 people with the school district’s largest labor union gathered before Tuesday’s meeting of the Cambridge School Committee for higher wages amid ongoing contract negotiations. Read more Lacrosse team makes remarkable comeback Members of the Cambridge Education Association (CEA) rallied outside of the Dr. Henrietta Attles Meeting Room before the School Committee meeting, then […]
Cambridge robotics team makes the podium in Greece
Like many a modern success story, the Juicebox Robotics team began this season in a Cambridge basement and ended it earning recognition on an international stage. Read more MIT Professor takes on Congress The team capped off a season of four top four finishes with a trip to Greece for the FIRST Lego League (FLL) […]
MIT Professor takes on Congress
MIT has asked a court to dismiss the first count of a lawsuit filed against it by Michel Anne-Frederic DeGraff, a linguistics professor at the university. DeGraff in March sued MIT, the U.S. House Committee on Education & Workforce and chair of the committee Rep. Tim Walberg (R-Mich.) for violating his First Amendment and civil […]
The CPL’s top 10 May reads
Here are this month’s 10 most checked out books at all Cambridge Public Library locations. Thanks to Susannah Borysthen-Tkacz, Senior Librarian, for providing us with the list. Read more Public comment shouldn’t be cut short
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 […]