Newton high school athletes are on the rebound
While Newton educators were on strike for 15 days, student athletes at Newton North and Newton South high schools were forced to improvise to keep [...]
Strike’s over, Newton’s teachers have a new contract: What does it all mean?
Newton's long, teacherless nightmare is over. For two weeks, as the city's schools remained closed, Newton was in nonstop loop of daily rallies, hourly updates [...]
Newton teachers’ strike over, students back to school Monday
Newton's teacher strike is over. The Newton Teachers Association announced Friday night that a deal had been reached with the School Committee for a new [...]
School Committee: We are ‘extremely close’ to contract deal
It's been an exhausting two weeks for many, but the School Committee is offering a ray hope. On Friday, the committee sent out a statement [...]
As strike turns a week old, parents threaten to turn the car around
With no end in sight for a teacher strike that's raged furiously for a week, Newton parents stepped in Wednesday and metaphorically ordered both sides [...]
‘As long as it takes’: Newton teachers strike for sixth day, fines pile up
Like Bill Murray in the 1993 film, “Groundhog Day,” Newton seems to be living the same day over and over, when it comes to the [...]
Newton teachers rally at City Hall for fourth day of strike [Video]
As the Newton Teachers Association pressed forward with Day 4 of its strike, teachers gathered again in front of City Hall. The NTA, which is [...]
Newton School Committee asks state to investigate NTA for planned strike
The School Committee on Tuesday announced that it was seeking a state investigation into strike activity involving the Newton Teachers Association. The committee claims to [...]