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Education

  • Teacher Evaluation Overhaul Deserves Support

    Jason Williams June 20, 2011

    Last month, Commissioner Mitchell Chester of the Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education proposed a new set of evaluative regulations for educators.

    Jason Williams June 20, 2011
  • Anna Maria Gets Bridge Program Grant

    June 16, 2011

    Anna Maria College of Paxton has received a $75,000 grant from the Esther's Dream Foundation of Lachine, Quebec to support a summer program for incoming freshmen.

    June 16, 2011
  • Med School Project Reaches Construction Milestone

    June 15, 2011

       Albert "Albie" Sherman peered up Wednesday afternoon at a white steel beam framed by a blue sky as it made its way by crane to the top of a $405-million building named after him.

    June 15, 2011
  • Mass Life Sciences Internship Program Expanded

    Brandon Butler June 14, 2011

     

    Brandon Butler June 14, 2011
  • Gov. Travels To North Central

    June 9, 2011

    Gov. Deval Patrick was scheduled to visit a construction site in Fitchburg and a school in Gardner as part of a visit to Central and Western Massachusetts today.

    June 9, 2011
  • iPads Start Invasion Of Worcester Classrooms

    Christina Davis May 23, 2011

    Think about the 12-year-old who gets her own iPad and uses it to complete the majority of her school work. She’ll take notes on it, study on it and even take tests and quizzes on it.

    Christina Davis May 23, 2011
  • Vet. Science Boosts Medical Device Sector

    Deborah T. Kochevar May 23, 2011

    In a February 2011 Innovation Initiative whitepaper, the FDA Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) proposed actions it could take “to help accelerate and reduce the cost of development and regulatory evaluation of innovative medical de

    Deborah T. Kochevar May 23, 2011
  • Princeton Review Finishes Community College Biz Sale

    May 9, 2011

    The Princeton Review Inc. in Framingham has completed the $4-million sale of its Community College Partnerships business to Higher Education Partners LLC.

    May 9, 2011
  • Behind The Sound Bite: Tech Education

    May 9, 2011

    Robert Schwartz, head of the Harvard Graduate School of Education, recently came to Worcester to make the case for investing in technical and vocational education.

    May 9, 2011
  • Nichols Lures Away UMass-Dartmouth Dean

    April 28, 2011

    After a nearly year-long search, Nichols College in Dudley has selected as its seventh president, Susan West Engelkemeyer.

    April 28, 2011
  • Marlborough Charter School Expanding Footprint

    Brandon Butler April 28, 2011

    For the Advanced Math & Science Public Academy Charter School in Marlborough, expansion is nothing new.

    Brandon Butler April 28, 2011
  • Princeton Review Sells Community College Program

    Brandon Butler April 27, 2011

    Framingham's The Princeton Review has sold its community college partnership division for $4 million to an education startup founded by the company's f

    Brandon Butler April 27, 2011
  • Becker Launches Video Game Institute

    April 26, 2011

    Seeking to strengthen Massachusetts' growing reputation as a video game design hub, Becker College and Lt. Gov. Timothy Murray today announced the creation of the Massachusetts Digital Games Institute (MassDiGI).

    April 26, 2011
  • Harvard Study Plays Up Tech Ed

    April 26, 2011

      

    April 26, 2011
  • Local Colleges Get Green Stamp Of Approval

    Christina Davis April 26, 2011

    Five local universities have made The Princeton Review's latest list of 311 Green Colleges.

    Christina Davis April 26, 2011
  • April 25, 2011

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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.