Category Archives for National News

Screening of the Film Precious Knowledge

Come out and join TAG Boston for this awesome event! January 14, 2012 10am-12pm Coolidge Corner Theatre Tickets $10 3pm-7pm Boston Community Church Tickets $10-$200 Forty-Four years ago, Martin Luther King Jr. Lost his life in the battle for civil … Continue reading

06. January 2012 by RK
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This Moment of Pres.Obama’s visit to the Dorchester Education Complex is pregnant with significance

The following was written by Dorchester Academy teacher Andrea Doremus Cuetara (adoremus@rcn.com) and is shared with her permission: ******************************** This moment of President Obama’s visit to the Dorchester Education Complex March 8th is SO PREGNANT WITH MEANING AND SIGNIFICANCE for our … Continue reading

13. March 2011 by mrseiden
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President Obama to Visit TechBoston

President Barack Obama, joined by Melinda Gates, will be visiting  TechBoston in Dorchester today, a school where over 80% of it’s students receive free or reduced lunch and is overflowing with private invenstment. The White House issued a press release … Continue reading

08. March 2011 by Cacique13
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Eliminating School Integration Policies-Can Boston learn from Wake County, N.C.?

With the help of a $241,680 grant from the Department of Education, Boston Trench Public Schools (BPS) has taken on the task of creating a new student assignment policy to serve its 56,000 students. Grant details from the DOE can be found … Continue reading

28. January 2011 by Cacique13
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