Juniors and seniors might recall the yellow Newton Teachers’ Association T-shirts that became a common sight on campus in the spring of 2015. They were hard to miss. Bearing the logo, “competitive...

Originally published in print Friday, Jan. 20, 2017. Just two weeks after Massachusetts voters struck down a measure to raise the cap on charter schools, president-elect Donald Trump nominated as his Secretary...

by Emily Moss Faced with a School Committee proposal to outsource custodial work, custodians currently employed by the Newton Public Schools have expressed their fears at losing their jobs. The School...

First published Jan. 16, 2015. by Emily Moss In October, NBC news published a story about soccer players in Washington State who had contracted lymphoma after playing on synthetic fields. Almost immediately,...

by Emily Moss In November, the Massachusetts Board of Education voted to change the course of standardized testing with a new assessment, unofficially known as “MCAS 2.0,” which will eventually become...

by Emily Moss Members of the Newton School Committee signed the contract with the Newton Teachers’ Association (NTA) Oct. 2, marking the final step of a negotiation process that lasted roughly a year...

See our article about the tentative contract agreement for more updated information.  by Emily Moss Most students remember the yellow t-shirts that North teachers wore every Tuesday last spring with...

by Emily Moss After negotiating for over a year and a half, the Newton Teachers Association (NTA) voted Sept. 2 to approve a tentative agreement with the School Committee regarding the upcoming teachers’...

First published May 22, 2015. by Emily Moss This past week, sophomores took the MCAS test. Next year at this time, it is possible that students will instead take the PARCC test, an assessment whose difficulty...

by Emily Moss and Maya Abou-Rizk On a Tuesday afternoon, 12 high school students and their teacher pile into a large white van, carrying bins full of tools, machine parts, laptops, and colorful art supplies....