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PICKETING HALTS AS NEGOTIATIONS CONTINUE
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LAWRENCE - Teachers stopped their picketing this week and union
officials met Tuesday with School Department negotiators, but there
is still no agreement over a new teachers contract.
Meanwhile, school officials continued looking for teachers to take
the place of those who have refused to teach summer school without a
new agreement. The current teachers' contract expires today.
Members of the Lawrence Teachers' Union temporarily suspended
their picketing in order to continue neg...
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CONTRACT TALKS REMAIN STALLED TEACHERS SAY THEY WILL BOYCOTT SUMMER SCHOOL
The Boston Globe
; Hundreds of students heading for summer school probably won't see familiar faces leading the classrooms. The city's teachers have vowed not to teach summer school this year until a new contract is reached with School Department officials. The current three-year contract will expire June 30. While
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SUMMER SCHOOL OFF TO ROCKY START AS TEACHERS WALK PICKET LINES
The Boston Globe
; LAWRENCE - Samantha Juliano had a terrible first day of summer school. She missed the school bus and had to be driven by her mom. The school was new to her. Upset, the 7-year-old reluctantly entered the Guilmette School only to be startled and forced out by a fire alarm. Then came the fire trucks.
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Budget faulted for lack of summer-school buses Child care, transportation concern parents
The Boston Globe
; In many urban school districts across the country, students required to go to summer school have a ride: the bus. But in Boston, where summer school is mandatory for the first time, students will have to find their own way to school. School officials say they can't provide transportation for the
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SUMMER SCHOOL RATES STIR ALARM ABSENTEEISM SEEN UNDERCUTTING TOUGH PROMOTION POLICY
The Boston Globe
; Touted as one of the toughest promotion policies in the nation four years ago when Superintendent Thomas W. Payzant launched it, Boston's effort to halt promotion of unprepared students appears hampered by one major hurdle: absenteeism. A full 37 percent of students required to go to summer school
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Summer school planning criticized Parents cite lack of transportation
The Boston Globe
; Summer school starts today, but an estimated 6,000 Boston public school students have more to worry about than the disruption of their summer vacation plans. Unlike in years past, if these students don't pass their courses over the next four weeks, they will not be promoted. And some school critics
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 "The Fresno Bee (Fresno, CA)")
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Hotter learning Summer school is the place to meet new friends, get ahead on studies or make up that F.(LIFE)
The Fresno Bee (Fresno, CA)
; Byline: Katie Borofka TEEN PRESS CORPS Summer school. Two connotatively different words that, when put together, can make many students cringe. For some, summer school seems to be a paradox -- you mean I actually have to learn something during the warm and lazy days of summer? Summer school really
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1 in 5 Hub students may face mandatory summer school.(News)
The Boston Herald
; As many as 14,596 students could be required to attend Boston's mandatory summer school program this year in order to earn promotion to the next grade, school officials said yesterday. The staggering number - nearly 23 percent of the entire 63,000-student system - marked a jump from last year's
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Debate: Is summer school worthwhile?
NEA Today
; yes When a school budget needs to be trimmed, summer school is often the first to go. That shouldn't be. Summer school can be valuable both for students who need extra help and for those who want to explore. In my city, two school districts have vastly different approaches to summer school. One
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August Scholars; For Young Teens, Summer School Doesn't Necessarily Add Up to a Negative
The Washington Post
; ... of teenage hell -- returning to middle school rather than passing into high school. Behind him, Jordan Kozlowski ingests the news and turns on Dylan. "I hate you," he spits dryly. "I hate you." Summer school. You think it'd be unbearable, the assignments ...
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 "All Things Considered (NPR)")
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Analysis: Evidence is mixed on whether summer school improves academic performance
All Things Considered (NPR)
; ... Child #2: It's all right in summer school. It's all right, but the teachers, they need to let the kids out. And then there's no bullies. SCHALCH: Actually, these kids say they'd rather be at an amusement park. Kathleen Schalch, NPR News, Washington.
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