Education

New Bedford High School’s 2018 four-year cohort graduation rate has increased to 76.0%, the highest in 12 years, based on the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education’s (DESE) recent reporting on statewide graduation rates. The 2017 four-year cohort graduation rate was 72.0%, a 4.0% increase, representing tremendous growth from the …

Alma del Mar’s Board of Trustees voted Monday evening to approve a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the City of New Bedford to open a new, neighborhood-enrolled charter public school that will grow over four years to serve 450 children in grades K-8. In January, Alma received approval from the …

Five Bishop Stang High School students have received awards 2018-19 Knights of Columbus for their submissions to the Catholic Citizenship Essay Contest. Elizabeth Golden of New Bedford, Chloe Katz of Tiverton, Eric Payette of Dartmouth, and Laurenne Wilkinson of Marion were each presented awards from the local chapter of the …

New Bedford Public Schools has reached agreement on a memorandum of understanding (MOU), which will accommodate a new, state-mandated Commonwealth charter school in the City of New Bedford as authorized by the Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education on January 22, 2019. The MOU will go into effect once …

The Immigrants’ Assistance Center, Inc. (IAC) received a capital grant in the amount of $23,000 from the Richard and Susan Smith Family Foundation to establish a technology-based learning environment for English language, citizenship classes, and workplace readiness training. In a unique partnership, the IAC and Mass Hire Greater New Bedford …

The New Bedford Chapter of the Prince Henry Society is accepting applications for this year’s scholarship program. Eligible candidates are all graduating seniors seeking an undergraduate or associate’s degree from an accredited college/university, a resident of the Greater New Bedford area, with an emphasis on students of Portuguese descent and …

The student-run group will introduce young students to basic concepts of engineering through interactive activities To celebrate National Engineers Week (Feb. 17-23) the UMass Dartmouth Society of Women Engineers are hosting a movie screening and hands-on engineering activities for middle school students at UMass Dartmouth’s Claire T. Carney Library Living …

“My name is Nivaldo Rocha I’m a senior at NBHS and I made a school app and would like to share with the NBG because I really like the page and the work that you guys do. I was the first student to create an app for NBHS. I started …

State Education Commissioner Jeffrey Riley has rolled a proverbial Trojan horse into New Bedford with his plan to allow expansion of the Alma del Mar charter school. This scheme hands over public assets at no charge to a private company and carves out a neighborhood district that will automatically feed …

Come join us on February 7th @ 5:00pm inside New Bedford’s First Unitarian Church! The International Cannabis Physicians’ Association will be throwing its 3rd educational seminar, “Toss The Script” – Transforming Your Health with CBD – which will include medical professionals from all over as keynote speakers! So, if you’d …