Changing student demographics, including a growing number of English learners, is causing Massachusetts educators to question the value of the traditional testing regime.
With the recent purchase of a three-unit home on Mather Street, the Epiphany School in the Melville Park section of Dorchester now owns six residential properties close to its campus next to Shawmut station. The school offers the housing units to faculty members at below-market rate costs as an incentive to keep teachers who might not otherwise be able to afford living close
Schools are redoubling efforts to check in with students: face-to-face, before and after graduation. At the same time, they're acknowledging that college may not be the best option for many of the young people they serve.
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