Wood River Junction
Wood River Junction, RI · Education
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Walpole Introduces New Study Hall Policy
On Aug. 13, 2027, Walpole High School (WHS) Principal Stephen Imbusch announced through WHS eNotes that students will no longer have the opportunity to take study as a full year course. Instead, Imbusch emphasized that a new study policy will encourage students to take a broader range of courses to prepare them for post-graduation expectations.
Turnto10.com
5-year-old student leaves school grounds during recess at Dighton Elementary School
(WJAR) — Dighton-Rehoboth Superintendent Bill Runey said a 5-year-old student walked off school grounds during recess last week. According to officials, the student at Dighton Elementary School left the playground and made their way off school grounds on Oct. 20. The child was found safe by police, school officials...
newtonbeacon.org
Report: Newton Public Schools sees greater-than-expected enrollment decline
Newton Public Schools’ current kindergarten class is the smallest the city has seen since 1984. At 664 students, the class size is down from more than 900 in the early 2010s, according to preliminary data shared by Katy Hogue, the district’s chief of data and research, at Monday night’s school committee meeting.
Newsweek
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Teachers, librarians frustrated by K-8 scheduling change they say has reduced student access to libraries
In previous years, Pierce School librarian Amanda Kretschmar saw some students stop by the library nearly every day. “They’d finish one book and be ready for the next, if not every day, every few days,” Kretschmar said. But those spontaneous visits have dropped off this school year, she...
cambridgeday.com
Three Cambridge elementary schools make top 10 in state
Two Cambridge public schools made the top 10 in U.S. News & World Report’s ranking of Massachusetts elementary schools, with the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. School taking the top spot and the Maria L. Baldwin School ranking seventh. A North Cambridge independent pre-K-6 charter school, the Benjamin Banneker...
Dorchester Reporter
‘Standard’ testing shuts out multilingual schoolkids; time to rewrite their story
In neighborhoods across Boston, from Dorchester to Roxbury to Hyde Park, families are raising bright, curious toddlers who grow up hearing and speaking more than one language. These children laugh, play, and learn in homes filled with Cape Verdean Creole, Spanish, Haitian Creole, Portuguese, Vietnamese, and dozens of other languages that make up the heartbeat of Massachusetts.
walpolestudentmedianetwork.com
Walpole High School Wraps up Construction
Over the past few months, the last of the major renovation projects at Walpole High School have officially been completed. Since 2024, the school has been experiencing ongoing construction that was part of a large renovation project to revamp and modernize the high school, originally built in the 1900s. The new edition to the school aims to accommodate the students and create a welcoming environment for both students and staff.
People
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Western Massachusetts educator honored as 2027 Massachusetts Teacher of the Year
Boston
A ‘viewpoint diversity’ debate has been brewing among Tufts professors. Here’s what to know.
A relatively new center on campus is trying to help Tufts and other universities "break out of ideological bubbles." Not everyone is a fan of its work. A group of Tufts University professors is sounding the alarm again about a center on campus aimed at promoting viewpoint diversity. The Tufts...
scituation.net
Once a Sailor, Always a Sailor
SHS Class of 2021 alum Gabriella Presutti, age 24, is returning to her hometown roots as a new Spanish teacher at SHS. Graduating from Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee, in 2025, Presutti majored in education and minored in Spanish. Initially planning to teach grades K-6, she first started working for Scituate Public Schools as a paraprofessional at Jenkins Elementary School in 2025. In this role, she learned how to “meet the needs of each student and adapt instruction.”