More than 50 parents from various Newton Public Schools gathered at Angier Elementary School last Thursday night to discuss race, culture, and identity issues affecting students. The meeting was the second...

From the moment the five-minute warning bell rings at the beginning of a school day until the final stampede out the door, students have a lot on their plate. Ever-mounting piles of homework and a seemingly incessant amount of tests, essays and quizzes keep pupils constantly occupied.