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  • Leshin has taken WPI to new heights

    Grant Welker March 5, 2018

    If a girl in high school wants to see an example of how a woman can be successful in science, she can look to Laurie Leshin. If anyone wants to feel like being a science nerd is a badge to wear proudly, the WPI president can help there, too.

    Grant Welker March 5, 2018
  • Creative Hub Worcester to launch after-school program as first initiative

    Zachary Comeau February 21, 2018

    As its first initiative, nonprofit community arts center Creative Hub Worcester will provide an after-school program for 26 Worcester Public School students.

    Zachary Comeau February 21, 2018
  • Editorial: Energy legislation shouldn't be a wish list

    February 19, 2018

    Climate change is a very real crisis with huge implications, and countries, states, cities, businesses and individuals must do their part to combat mankind's increasingly damaging impact on the world's ecosystem.

    February 19, 2018
  • Precision Optics reduces loss by 85 percent

    Zachary Comeau February 15, 2018

    Micro optical equipment manufacturer Precision Optics is reporting a strong fiscal year so far, continuing its positive momentum with net losses decreasing by 85 percent for the first six months.

    Zachary Comeau February 15, 2018
  • WinnCompanies begins $11.2M Worcester rehab

    Zachary Comeau February 13, 2018

    Boston residential developer WinnCompanies has started the $11.2-million renovation of the Wellington Community, a historic 180-unit housing development for elderly and low-income residents in Worcester.

    Zachary Comeau February 13, 2018
  • Mevion brings first proton therapy system to Europe

    Zachary Comeau February 13, 2018

    Littleton-based Mevion Medical Systems has delivered its first proton therapy cancer treatment system to a proton therapy center at the MAASTRO Clinic in the Netherlands.

    Zachary Comeau February 13, 2018
  • Amazon HQ2 in Mass. could require legislation, Baker says

    State House News Service February 9, 2018

    Amazon doesn't quite fit into the state's current set of job-boosting programs, according to Gov. Charlie Baker, who raised the idea Thursday of legislation tailored to suit the tech giant's needs.

    State House News Service February 9, 2018
  • Solar and storage facility under construction in Sterling

    Zachary Comeau February 7, 2018

    A Miami-based solar energy firm has begun construction in Sterling on a 1.7-megawatt community solar array with storage capacity.

    Zachary Comeau February 7, 2018
  • Movers & Shakers

    February 5, 2018

    Bowditch & Dewey and Solect Energy were just a few Central Mass. companies announcing new hires in January.

    February 5, 2018
  • Discovery Museum delays opening of $8.8M renovation

    Zachary Comeau February 1, 2018

    Those hoping to catch a glimpse of Acton's new Discovery Museum after an $8.8-million renovation will have to wait just a little longer, as the museum has pushed back its opening date.

    Zachary Comeau February 1, 2018
  • Atlanta firm purchases future Framingham apartment site for $2.7M

    Zachary Comeau February 1, 2018

    An Atlanta-based property investment firm has purchased several properties in downtown Framingham for more than $2.7 million as it prepares to begin construction on a five-story apartment building.

    Zachary Comeau February 1, 2018
  • Biostage appoints children's hospital surgeon to science board

    Zachary Comeau January 31, 2018

    Holliston biotech has appointed a Connecticut children's hospital doctor to its scientific advisory board less than a month after the company closed on a $100,000 investment from the same hospital.

    Zachary Comeau January 31, 2018
  • Eversource, Montreal firm chosen for Northern Pass project

    State House News Service January 29, 2018

    Capping a competitive procurement, the Baker administration and Bay State utilities have selected the Northern Pass project, a joint effort of Eversource and Hydro-Quebec to bring hydropower from Canada to Massachusetts.

    State House News Service January 29, 2018
  • AMSC begins system work for South Korean 5.5-megawatt wind turbines

    January 25, 2018

    Energy grid and planning company AMSC of Devens has begun work on an electrical control system for a wind turbine manufacturer helping to build an offshore wind project in South Korea.

    January 25, 2018
  • Solect expects pain from new solar tariff

    Grant Welker January 24, 2018

    Hopkinton solar company Solect Energy is expecting a sudden stop in growth — or even a drop — after a new tariff on solar-panel imports was announced this week.

    Grant Welker January 24, 2018
  • New $1M Fitchburg community health center opens

    January 23, 2018

    A new $1-million, 7,400-square-foot community health center in the Market Basket plaza in Fitchburg has been completed.

    January 23, 2018

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Massachusetts is implementing a new lottery admissions system for vocational-technical high schools, starting with the 2026-2027 school year. Proposed by the Healey Administration, the new lottery system is an attempt to expand access to voc-tech schools, giving schools with more applicants than seats the choice of either a weighted lottery, which takes aspects like attendance and discipline records into account, or a non-weighted lottery, which does not take academic performance or discipline issues into consideration.

Education Secretary Patrick Tutwiler and supporters of the lottery have defended the change to a lottery system, saying it will make admissions more equitable while the state works to expand access to voc-tech schools. The lottery system has been criticized by business groups and educational leaders, who have said lotteries will water down admission standards and disrupt the pathway of top students into high-demand trades.