Hundreds of Boston educators gathered outside of school department headquarters on a frigid winter evening to send officials a message: ‘Talk to Teachers.’ The educators have been without a contract for nearly two years.
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The former principal of a Boston middle school where union members and administrators worked together to improve student performance will oversee the school system in Lawerence Massachusetts. 
One hundred years ago this month, thousands of angry textile workers abandoned their looms and poured into the frigid streets of Lawrence, Mass. Like Occupy Wall Street in our own gilded age, this unexpected grassroots protest cast a dramatic spotlight on the problem of social and economic inequality. 
Every day, in state after state, public employees and the services our communities depend upon are under assault. In 2012 our surest recourse to protect our rights is at the ballot box. 
The Faculty Federation at UMass Dartmouth has presented its annual awards for outstanding scholarship, teaching and service. This year’s Teacher of the Year is Raymond Laoulache, a student-oriented mechanical engineering professor of fluid dynamics and wind power. 
Are you looking for free supplies and materials for your classroom? Extras for Creative Learning can help. The nonprofit organization, which recently relocated from Boston to Lynn, takes materials that area businesses no longer want and provides them to teachers at little to no cost. |
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