Salvador Pimentel, asenior at Brighton HighSchool, says his jobs haveshown him there’s notmuch to look forward towithout a college degree.The colorful murals that ring the walls of Brighton High School’s […]
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Sink or Swim
English immersion students in Brockton:Seyla Nou and Elisia HeakEunji Gloria Cho Mantzouranis—Ms. Cho to her students —uses a green marker to put on the whiteboard what should be a simple […]
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Flunking out
What do we do about them?Julie Holly, a Winchendon mom, has put out Snickerdoodles and croissants, muffins and chocolate chip bread. Four other moms are seated around the table, but […]
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Multiple Choice
It is a blustery autumn afternoon and the Framingham Community Charter School is in lockdown mode. Just moments before, the school’s 96 sixth-graders were on the playground after lunch when […]
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In Need of Guidance
High school counselors are playing pal, shrink, and surrogate parent for stressed-out kids. So who’s planning students’ academic future? Photographs by Mark Morelli It was 25 years ago that Brockton […]
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Big Man On Campus
Here he is at the State House, it’s that time of year, and he just can’t help himself. After quoting the Roman statesman Seneca-“Loyalty is the holiest good in the […]
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Neighborhood By Design
Over the Bourne Bridge and down Route 151 a few miles, then a stone’s throw from a weathered wood sign bearing the legend “Land of the Wampanoag,” is the stylish […]
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Bringing up Children
Dinner is over at the Morgan household, but the woven placemats, flecked with crumbs of food, have not been cleared. It is hot and mom, Rebecca Morgan, fiddles with the […]