MyFox Boston http://www.myfoxboston.com MyFox Boston RSS Feed; Site: MyFox Boston; Category: Education Education 600 4640005 Education reform on hold http://www.myfoxboston.com/dpp/morning/education-reform-on-hold Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:36:23 GMT Morning News Team <p>Lawmakers on Beacon Hill have started a month and a half long holiday break, leaving some key issues behind. The House ended its legislative session yesterday without taking action on changes to the state's criminal records law and education reform.</p> 4620599 Underperforming schools may shut down http://www.myfoxboston.com/dpp/news/education/underperforming-boston-schools-may-shut-down Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:41:16 GMT Gene Lavanchy <p>Boston schools Superintendent Carol Johnson is calling for sweeping reform.</p> 42.35843 -71.05978 4619997 Teachers union opposes bonus program http://www.myfoxboston.com/dpp/news/education/boston-teachers-union-opposes-bonus-program Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:01:43 GMT <p>BOSTON - The Boston Teachers Union wants to stop hundreds of teachers from pocketing bonuses. The union is opposing a performance-based bonus program started in 2008 and funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates and Exxon Mobil foundations.</p> 42.35843 -71.05978 4507230 School sells test points for $20 http://www.myfoxboston.com/dpp/news/education/north-carolina-school-sells-test-points-for-twenty-dollars-to-raise-money Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:34:01 GMT Jim Armstrong <p>GOLDSBORO, N.C. - A middle school in North Carolina is selling test scores to students in a bid to raise money. FOX25's Jim Armstrong reports.</p> 4483528 Push to raise Massachusetts dropout age http://www.myfoxboston.com/dpp/news/local/push-to-raise-massachusetts-dropout-age Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:49:55 GMT Keba Arnold <p>BOSTON - The Massachusetts Legislature is taking aim at the state's high school dropout rate.</p> 4352087 Suffolk president 2d highest paid in US http://www.myfoxboston.com/dpp/news/education/ranks_of_millionaire_college_presidents_up Mon, 02 Nov 2009 11:42:31 GMT <p>BOSTON - A new study says at least 23 heads of private colleges and universities earned a total of more than $1 million each in fiscal 2008.</p> 4147556 Panel wants 18 to be Mass. dropout age http://www.myfoxboston.com/dpp/news/education/panel_says_dropout_age_in_mass_should_go_to_eighteen_102109 Wed, 21 Oct 2009 12:13:38 GMT <p>BOSTON - A special commission says the legal age at which students can drop out of school in Massachusetts should be raised to 18.</p> 42.35843 -71.05978 4054258 UMass pushes for law school http://www.myfoxboston.com/dpp/news/local/umass_pushes_for_law_school_101509 Thu, 15 Oct 2009 11:12:26 GMT Kim Carrigan <p>DARTMOUTH - UMass is renewing a plan to create a public law school in the Bay State. The state school wants to take over the private, Southern New England School of Law.</p> 41.59234 -70.978455 3926282 UMass gets suicide prevention grant http://www.myfoxboston.com/dpp/news/local/umass_gets_300000_grant_for_suicide_prevention_100709 Thu, 08 Oct 2009 03:39:35 GMT <p>AMHERST - The University of Massachusetts campus in Amherst has received a federal grant of $300,000 to increase suicide prevention efforts.</p> 42.380367 -72.52314 3851429 Locals rebuilding solar home http://www.myfoxboston.com/dpp/news/scitech/tufts_students_rebuilding_solar_home_in_dc_contest_100309 Sat, 03 Oct 2009 16:49:19 GMT <p>A team of Tufts University and Boston Architectural College students are rebuilding their solar-powered house for a competition in Washington D.C.</p>