Former Newton teacher charged with child pornography
A former Newton teacher, now working as an educator in Needham, is charged with possession of child pornography. Needham Superintendent Daniel Gutekanst sent a letter [...]
School Committee approves Nolin’s budget despite funding gap
The School Committee voted 6 to 3 Wednesday night to approve Superintendent Anna Nolin’s more than $296 million “level-services-plus” budget proposal, with some amendments, despite [...]
Four new faces emerge in School Committee elections
The election year that started at a glacial pace is finally seeing some action, as four new candidates for Newton’s School Committee have emerged: Jenna [...]
Budget Crisis: Nolin, Brezski make their case to the community
“It’s a good thing I ride Harleys, because presenting with Brezski is kind of like that, ya know?” Superintendent Anna Nolin quipped to a crowd [...]
Nolin, Fuller say balancing NPS budget will require tough cuts
The Newton School Committee held its meeting Monday night in front of a packed room at the Education Center, with people holding a sign that [...]
NCE gears up for summer with new programming
After years of financial uncertainty, Newton Community Education is looking forward to the summer season following a steady upswing in revenue. Newton Community Education (NCE) [...]
Newton revises nondiscrimination policies in wake of Title IX ruling
The school committee has voted to change the district’s nondiscrimination policy following action from the federal government, but protections are still in place under state [...]
Spring of Discontent: Parents, teachers tear into mayor during budget hearing
Superintendent Anna Nolin has presented a Fiscal Year 2026 budget that is less robust than she wanted. And Mayor Ruthanne Fuller is saying even that [...]
Nolin asks for $14.9 million budget increase, and Fuller says ‘no’
Superintendent Anna Nolin presented her preliminary budget proposal for Fiscal Year 2026 to the School Committee Monday night, and the mayor has already said “no.” [...]
NESPA picks six Newton journalism students as ‘best of New England’
The New England Scholastic Press Association has named its picks for the 17 top high school journalists in New England, with winners appointed to work [...]
School officials uncertain about federal funding
During Wednesday’s school committee meeting, officials expressed uncertainty about the future of federal grants and federally funded programs within the Newton Public School (NPS) district’s [...]
Newton Community Education charts path to a better 2025
As Newton Community Education treks on through its turnaround effort in the new year, NCE Director Kate Carpenter Bernier presented a comprehensive business plan to [...]
Parents open up about effects of multilevel learning
In 2021, Newton Public Schools instituted multilevel classrooms at the district's two high schools. Instead of having different classes for each course level, students of [...]
Trump administration halts funding to special education transition program Newton had just joined
Last week, school districts elsewhere in the country reported receiving notices in that the U.S. Department of Education had shut off funding for Charting My [...]
Newton Career and Technical Education helps students build their dreams
In a drafting and design classroom at Newton North High School on a cloudy Thursday afternoon, a student named Hayden Hannon shows a computer image [...]