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The MIAA divisional track and field competition took place at Merrimack College (Division 2), Westfield State (Division 3), and Tufts University (Division 6) this past weekend.

In a data-driven pursuit of “high quality seats,” the Boston School Committee voted on March 20 to close or uproot six schools. Two have alternative education programs. It takes effect June 2026.

The young ladies of the John D. O’Bryant School of Mathematics and Science and the young men of the Dr. Albert D. Holland High School of Technology reign as city basketball champions of the Boston Public Schools following impressive victories in playoff competition.

A new college pathway initiative being launched by Boston Public Schools will aim to connect its students with those opportunities. The program, called “Beyond Possible,” will offer students hands-on experience in computer science with college-level classes.

Dr. Robert S. Peterkin, brilliant educator and tireless defender of the rights of children, particularly children of color, died in Boston on Dec. 23, 2024. 

The Albert D. Holland School of Technology’s Flight Academy recently held a special ceremony and an open house for their student aviation program.

As Boston Public Schools looks to electrify its fleet of school buses it’s setting its sights on a new horizon: transforming existing diesel-powered and other internal combustion engine buses into electric ones.

Boston Public Schools continued to face bus transportation delays after implementing a new tracking app, district officials said during a press conference last week.

On Sept. 12, 1974, Boston Public Schools students faced an uphill battle. After years of protests and lawsuits, Judge William Arthur Garrity had found that the schools in Boston were unconstitutionally segregated. His ruling would have many repercussions throughout the city.

Federal judge W. Arthur Garrity, hailed as a hero or denounced as a villain, had no choice but to order the desegregation of Boston’s public schools in 1974 and deploy yellow buses to remedy a wanton violation of the Constitution, legal analysts involved with the epic case say.

The College Board and Boston Public Schools have just concluded their first year of piloting Advanced Placement African American studies courses in 10 Boston schools, with plans to add the curriculum to four more schools in the 2024-25 school year.

The Boston Teachers Union rallied June 5 outside the Bruce C. Bolling Municipal Building as the union works through negotiations with the district around a new contract for its staff.