New teacher faces criticism for thesis about pro-Palestinian campus protests
A newly hired social studies teacher at Charles E. Brown Middle School is facing public criticism after parents discovered her undergraduate college thesis about the [...]
NTA hosts free book party for Newton families
The Newton Teachers Association held its first Book Block Party on Sunday afternoon at its Crafts Street office location, and hundreds of Newton families stopped [...]
Column: Teachers grapple with loss of control as AI promises to do students’ work for them
A few short weeks ago, Newton’s first graders might have been lolling on sandy beaches, digging the best holes ever. High schoolers were likely spending [...]
Newtonians express support for immigrant community following ICE arrest
In the wake of Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials detaining two people and taking one into custody in Newton last week, students, residents and city officials [...]
School committee announces new DEI position, votes to approve PROTECT Act against ICE arrests
At the first in-person school committee meeting of the academic year, committee members reflected on the year past as well as upcoming policy issues, including [...]
Ryan Normandin announces NTA presidential run alongside longtime union leader Elizabeth Ross Del Porto
As Newton Public Schools enters its next contract negotiation year, changes are also soon to come to the teachers’ union leadership. After a year of [...]
School Committee approves genocide education grant, new private school
Ahead of the start of the new school year, the Newton School Committee met virtually Thursday night to discuss a grant for a genocide education [...]
NPS to start before Labor Day, AC installation to follow in late September
Newton Public Schools will start on Sept. 2 this year, five days before Labor Day—and a few weeks before air conditioning will be available in [...]
Three years on the job, Nolin is navigating a new era for Newton’s schools
As Newton Public Schools gets ready for the start of another new school year, Anna Nolin, now entering her fourth school year as superintendent, is [...]
Column: A hope for ‘out-of-doors renewal’ in the summer weeks before school
On any nice day during the school year, my students beg to go outside. I usually tell them, fine, we’ll take a walk in January [...]
Newton teen starts free tutoring nonprofit offering probability, chemistry and more
A Newton teen is launching an education nonprofit that will provide free virtual high school-level math and science classes to elementary and middle school students. [...]
Colleagues remember the late Chrysolite Fitzgerald, Newton South math teacher
In the week and half since Newton South High School math teacher Chrysolite Fitzgerald passed away, former colleagues have shared their memories of their colleague [...]
Newton Public Schools announces interim METCO director
Newton Public Schools announced last week that Blayne Lopes will serve as the interim director of the district’s Metropolitan Council for Educational Opportunity (METCO) program [...]
Column: Nearly 50 years later, Newton’s student exchange program with a Beijing school endures
In the 16 months since my wife Becky passed away, I’ve done lots of solo traveling in the United States and Asia. Travel is incredibly [...]
School Committee retreat highlights DEI shift, meeting efficiency ideas and more
The Newton School Committee met Monday evening for its annual retreat—a meeting to discuss the committee’s ability to work together and to assess whether the [...]