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Boston’s new superintendent of schools, Mary Skipper, and Mayor Michelle Wu are expected to speak about the future of the district Thursday morning following a roundtable discussion with students and school leaders.

Newly-hired Boston Public Schools Superintendent Mary Skipper said Thursday that she is ready to get to work rebuilding the embattled district. “There’s a lot of concrete work to be done,” she said, especially in the areas of special education, English learning, programming, transportation and building accountability. “So get ready — this is going to be fun. It’s going to...

In a 4-3 vote Wednesday night, Mary Skipper was selected over Tommy Welch as the next person to lead Boston Public Schools.

The Boston School Committee will vote on two finalists for superintendent during a virtual meeting Wednesday night. Whoever gets the job will go into it knowing that the district is facing a number of urgent challenges.

The Boston School Committee has selected its new superintendent in a close vote Wednesday evening. Mary Skipper was selected as the newest superintendent of Boston Public Schools in a 4-3 vote. Boston School Committee Chairperson Jeri Robinson cast the fourth vote for Skipper, breaking the 3-3 tie between Skipper and Tommy Welch. “I am honored and humbled to have been…

Officials are voicing major concerns about the direction of the Boston Public School District, which is under fire for its overall performance as well as a lack of representation in the search for a new superintendent.

Officials are voicing major concerns about the direction of the Boston Public School District, which is under fire for its overall performance as well as a lack of representation in the search for a new superintendent. Tanisha Sullivan, the leader of NAACP Boston, is raising concerns over the “lack of representation” in the finalist pool of superintendents, according to the…

Mayor Michelle Wu announced an investment of more than $2 billion as part of a Green New Deal for Boston Public Schools Thursday. “Activists, scientists, leaders at every level of government are sounding the alarm for us to address the climate and public health crises of our time and to recover economically from COVID-19,” Wu said. “Now is the time…

It’s a time of transition for Boston Public Schools, which is in need of a new superintendent, and now some are questioning whether the district would benefit from receivership. The Pioneer Institute, an education think tank, is urging Massachusetts education officials to appoint a receiver to address what it calls the district’s “chronically low performing schools.” In a study...

When Boston Public Schools Superintendent Brenda Cassellius resigns at the end of the school year, she’ll take with her hundreds of thousands of dollars from a separation agreement.

Boston Public Schools Superintendent Brenda Cassellius announced Monday that she will resign at the end of the current school year.

The Sharon School Committee has placed Superintendent Victoria Greer on administrative leave and won’t renew her contract for next year, the committee confirmed Wednesday evening, hours after Greer announced it. Greer, who is African American, told NBC10 Boston that she filed a charge against the school committee with the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination, alleging that she’d been subjected to...

The Hull School Committee will hold an executive session on Wednesday to determine the status of superintendent Michael Devine, who has been relieved of his duties pending the outcome.

The community of Hull, Massachusetts, is looking for answers after the superintendent of schools abruptly took a leave of absence and was relieved of his duties.

The school committee in Hull, Massachusetts, has voted unanimously to put the district’s superintendent on paid administrative leave. Michael Devine, who had served in his current role since 2017 following eight years as principal at Hull High School, is the subject of allegations of personal misconduct brought forth by the Hull School Committee. Judith Kuehn has taken over as acting…

A Rhode Island school superintendent has died after his 18-month battle with brain cancer. Chariho Regional Schools Supt. Barry Ricci was at school on Friday and died Sunday evening at the age of 62. School leaders said Ricci was a no-nonsense educator who fought for his district, the Providence Journal reported. Ricci’s district included the towns of Charleston, Richmond and…

MBTA Transit Police are looking for a man wanted for what authorities are calling an “unprovoked attack,” violently assaulting a woman around 10:30 p.m. Wednesday at Boston’s North Station.

A teacher allegedly sexually assaulted a student at Essex North Shore Agricultural & Technical High School.

A New Hampshire school district will test all its drinking water after one faucet was found to have high levels of a toxic chemical that has raised health concerns.

A threatening and vulgar note was found in a boys bathroom at King Philip Regional High School in Wrentham on Friday, according to the school’s superintendent. A high school staff member found the note crumpled up behind a toilet in the bathroom Friday evening, police said. The note didn’t mention specific violent acts or weapons, but it did have threatening...