Press Releases
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- Students invited to apply for entrance into city’s exam schools
August 23, 2010
The Boston Public Schools will offer the Independent School Entrance Examination (ISEE) for entrance to the city's three examination schools on Saturday, November 6, 2010 at 9:00 a.m. at 12 locations across the city.
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- Boston Public Schools puts high-tech kids to work in high-tech places
August 20, 2010
Boston Public Schools (BPS) TechBoston program this week celebrated the 100 advanced technology students who are enrolled in Boston high schools who successfully completed a seven-week internship program.
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- What we're hearing in our Redesign and Reinvest conversations
August 18, 2010
BPS staff have spent the summer meeting with parents and students as part of our "Redesign and Reinvest" conversation. We want to know what people believe are the critical elements that combine to create a high-quality school, and now we are building a plan to ensure every student in Boston has equal access to a quality education. Here is what we have heard so far.
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- Ten Boston Schools awarded $22 million in School Improvement Grants
August 12, 2010
Mayor Thomas M. Menino and Boston Public Schools (BPS) Superintendent Carol R. Johnson today applauded the decision by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education and the Patrick Administration to fulfill all of the district’s requests for school improvement funds for the city’s “Level 4” or turnaround schools.
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- BPS Program Develops Individual Lesson Plans for Students Struggling to Learn English
August 6, 2010
More than two thousand students completed four-week "English Language Learner Summer Enrichment Academies," a first-of-its-kind Boston Public Schools (BPS) program that helps children with limited English skills prepare for the upcoming school year.
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