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3 New England States Rank In Top 10 For College Students With Massachusetts At The Top

Regarding the best states in the country for college students, New England had 3 landing in the top 10 alone!

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The Metrowest Daily News

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Questioning the location of Framingham's new elementary school | Letter

As usual, the School Committee is befuddling in its planning of new school construction . Why is a replacement of Hemenway being built in Ashland? Isn't that a bit far flung? Wasn't the Wilson School replacement built to accommodate that part of Town with loss of Memorial, etc.? The larger question involves why the School Dept, Council recognize growth at the lower grade level, but not the need for accommodating it at the high school level. Shouldn't the new building be a high school? Maybe the Marian building would be ideal. Sorry to interrupt your reverie. Dave Bernard Framingham This article originally appeared on MetroWest Daily News: Questioning the location of Framingham's new elementary school | Letter

Framingham, MA · 2d

braintreehighstudentpress.com

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Old South Shifts Focus to Elementary School

On Wednesday November 4th, the Braintree Town Council held a meeting at the Highlands on Peach Street Auditorium to discuss the future of the building formerly known as South Middle School. Superintendent Timothy MacDonald provided some background on the situation. ““The School Committee decided that since the Old South Middle...

Braintree, MA · 3d
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Worcester Telegram & Gazette

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After years of heartbreak, Wachusett wins first playoff game since 2021

HOLDEN — When Thomas Anderson, Mike McGurn and Jack Smith were eighth graders in 2022, the three were invited by Wachusett football coach Mike Dubzinski to stand on the sidelines and watch the Mountaineers play in a Division 1 playoff game in Westwood. “I wanted that to be me one day,” said McGurn, who is now a senior captain for Wachusett. “We ended up losing,” said Anderson, also a senior captain in reference to the Mountaineers’ playoff loss to Xaverian that year. “I would say that really sparked our passion to come here, reset the losing mantra and get us back on track to a winning program.” Four years later, the trio did just that by helping fourth-seeded Wachusett beat No. 13 Shrewsbury , 49-14, in a Division 1 Round of 16 game Friday night. Anderson tossed three touchdown passes while Smith secured two rushing scores as the Mountaineers mustered their first playoff win since 2021. “To finally get a win and move onto the next round, there’s no better feeling than that,” Smith said. Said McGurn: “It means everything.” “To be able to make it through a playoff game and get the win,” Anderson added, “it’s everything.” FINAL: Wachusett

Holden, MA · 2d

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HC Accounting Department Confirmed Fake

WORCESTER, MA— Confirming a suspicion already held by a majority of students, President Vincent Rougeau announced on Friday that the entire accounting department at College of the Holy Cross is indeed fake. “It’s true–the major exists entirely to drive students towards programs like English and Political Science, disciplines that actually have professors and courses here,” said Rougeau, adding that he was impressed the college administration had managed to keep up the ruse for several decades since the major’s “introduction” in 1987. “We’ve been extremely successful in this endeavor,” reported Rougeau, “96.4% of students who initially declare an accounting major switch to something in the humanities within six months. We’re still working hard to get that figure up to 100%.” Rougeau then went on to explain how if students attempt to enroll in upper-level accounting courses like ACCT 275 – Corporate Finance or ACCT 382 – Auditing, they will simply receive an error notice of Iggy the Crusader wearing a construction hat saying “Whoops! The course you are trying to take is completely fictional!” on STAR. “These courses only exist in the digital realm to give the impression of a department,” continued Rougeau. “Of course, we do have to offer intro-level courses for those naive freshmen set on being accountants, but we try our best to make those classes as mundane and mind-numbing as humanly possible so that any reasonable person would switch into something more interesting like psychology or philosophy, lest they go insane.” At the end of the press conference, Rougeau assured the audience that the College was doing everything in its power to track down and detain Bill McKay ’98, the only student to ever successfully graduate with an accounting degree.

Worcester, MA · 3d

The Cool Down

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Massachusetts woman left college owing $10,000 — years after it closed, it sued her for $28,000

Debt buyers can seek profits through fees, wage garnishments, and liens.

Boston, MA · 4d

CBS Boston

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High school in Boston blocked from football playoffs due to filing error

A judge denied a bid by Boston Public Schools to allow English High School's football team to compete in the MIAA playoffs, a spokesperson for BPS said Friday.

Boston, MA · 2d

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Once a Student, Now a Teacher: Percuoco Returns to Hudson High

HUDSON — A 2006 Hudson High graduate, Sarah Percuoco is a familiar face back in Hudson’s hallways as the school’s new geometry teacher. Percuoco first discovered her love for math when she took geometry in high school. She enjoyed the subject so much that she started tutoring other students.

Hudson, MA · 1d

MassLive.com

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Central Mass. teachers call for return to bargaining table after no-confidence vote

Members and supporters of the Bay Path Teachers Association (BPTA) continue to press the Southern Worcester County Regional Vocational District School Committee, and Bay Path Superintendent-Director Kyle Brenner, about resuming negotiations for a new contract. During the School Committee meeting on Nov. 2 in Charlton, several speakers — including BPTA...

Worcester County, MA · 3d

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From three years to a lifetime

Few people look back on their middle school years with fondness. Home away from home for children aged around 11 to 14, many choose to look over this awkward, puberty-stricken time of their lives. “Everyone’s a hot mess,” Stony Brook School seventh grade history teacher Tim Curran said. “Brain-development-wise, it...

Westford, MA · 2d

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Wellesley, MIT students protest outside WBUR, demand transparency from school leaders on AI

Over a dozen students from Wellesley College and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology gathered outside the WBUR Cityspace on Commonwealth Avenue Thursday morning to protest an event sponsored by both institutions promoting the use of artificial intelligence. The event, titled “Shaping the Future: Higher Education, AI and the Future of...

Wellesley, MA · 1d

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Dracut High Dedicates Courtyard in Honor of Local Revolutionary War Veterans

DRACUT — In commemoration of the 250th Anniversary of the United States of America, the Dracut School Committee and Dracut High School (DHS) recently dedicated the DHS Courtyard in honor of local soldiers who served in the Revolutionary War. On Thursday, Oct. 29, state legislators, School Committee members, faculty...

Dracut, MA · 2d

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Huge win for Tewksbury High football

Year in and year out, the Tewksbury High football game versus Andover is a competitive, entertaining matchup. It draws a good crowd and seems to bring out the best in both varsity programs. On Friday evening, in another battle of Merrimack Valley Conference elites, Tewksbury quarterback Will Harrison led the...

Andover, MA · 1d

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North Middlesex Regional High School inducts students into 3 honor societies

TOWNSEND — North Middlesex Regional High School is recognizing students for their academic achievements, leadership and dedication with the recent inductions of new members into the Tri-M Music Honor Society, Rho Kappa National Social Studies Honor Society and National Honor Society. Each induction ceremony celebrated students who have demonstrated...

Townsend, MA · 1d

Boston 25 News WFXT

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Boston mom says son with Type 1 diabetes may lose place at Catholic school amid nursing shortage

A Boston mom is fighting for her type 1 diabetic son after she was told he may no longer be able to attend his Catholic elementary school because the school no longer has the staff needed to help care for him.

Boston, MA · 2d

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Editorial: New high-school graduation mandate facing familiar foe

No matter how circumspect, the state’s education establishment finds itself on a collision course with the commonwealth’s teachers unions over new high school graduation requirements. Massachusetts education officials are poised to submit new MassCore coursework and post-secondary planning regulations for schools, a key step in preparing for the...

Massachusetts · 1d

MassLive.com

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Catholic Memorial starts title defense with win over Cambridge Rindge & Latin

WEST ROXBURY — The Catholic Memorial Knights entered round one of the MIAA Division II state tournament with a couple of things on their mind. First, as the top-seed, the Knights are the clear favorites to win the D-II state championship for the third year in a row. Secondly, Catholic Memorial came into the postseason on a two-game losing streak, an anomaly when it comes to the John DiBiaso era in West Roxbury.

Cambridge, MA · 2d

MassLive.com

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It's time of MIAA to stop punishing blameless kids for adult mistakes | Matt Vautour

Boston English's playoff disqualification over a clerical slip is the latest example of the MIAA's flawed enforcement. A smarter penalty system could finally set things right.

Boston, MA · 3d

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Harvard event with Yo-Yo Ma, Stephen Colbert cut short by fire alarm amid student union demonstration

The Harvard Graduate Students Union denied having anything to do with the disruption at Thursday’s speaker event. Cellist Yo-Yo Ma and comedian Stephen Colbert’s talk at Harvard University, which striking graduate student workers picketed at, was cut short Thursday when a fire alarm was pulled inside the venue, according to the student union.

Cambridge, MA · 23h

Worcester Telegram & Gazette

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Opinion/Guest column: High school annexes right course for MA voke ed

Massachusetts has an affordability crisis, and many of its causes – like tariffs, interest rates and foreign wars – are out of our hands at the state and local level. What we can control is whether we have the skilled workers to build what we need to bring down the cost of living. We need more housing, and that takes carpenters, plumbers and electricians. We need cheaper, more reliable energy, and that takes the electricians and HVAC technicians to build and maintain it. We need nurses and health aides to staff our hospitals and nursing homes. These are local, blue-collar answers to our nationwide problem, and the young people who could fill those jobs are sitting in Massachusetts’ high schools. Unfortunately, too many of these young people can’t get the necessary training. For years, vocational technical schools across the commonwealth have turned away qualified applicants because there aren’t enough seats. Some years, waitlists have swelled to more than 10,000 students for the state’s vocational high schools. Families know the story all too well: A student who wants to learn a trade applies, lands on a waitlist and spends four years in a school that can’t offer what they wanted. Last

Massachusetts · 1d