Over the course of this fall, Newton Public Schools (NPS) presented its first comprehensive long-range facilities plan since 2019. This follows a Demographic Study and ten-year projection completed by Cropper GIS McKibben in late 2024, following the dissolution of the Underwood-Ward Task Force, which had been created by the previous…
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At the end of two decades of rapid growth in enrollment after World War II, Newton Public Schools (NPS) was led by a pioneering Superintendent who oversaw major changes in curriculum that drew nationwide attention. Back then, the NPS had more power in determining its budget allocation, and the budget…
As NPS approaches its December break, the district’s fulsome response to Year 2024’s Ballot Question 2, the statewide repeal of passing the MCAS tests as a requirement to graduate from a Massachusetts public high school, is coming into clearer focus. Changes to NPS’ graduation requirements must conform to statewide requirements…
Following World War II, Newton was known as “one of the best school systems in the country.” James Conant, president of Harvard, called Newton a lighthouse that pointed the way to excellence in public education. Community organizations worked closely with NPS. Leaders of the PTA and the Newton Teachers Federation…
NPS’s Math Night presentation emphasized three elements: the data the district is using to both support changes to the math curriculum and determine how students will access them, the anticipated pathway possibilities within middle school and high school math curriculum options, and the budget needs to effect these changes. Setting…
Newton Public Schools (NPS) Office of Teaching and Learning will host Community Math Night on November 12, 6:30PM-7:30PM at Brown Middle School (125 Meadowbrook Road). NPS will discuss important new updates to its math programs, including math pathways and instructional practices. Topics for the Evening NPS Superintendent Anna Nolin discussed…
The Newton Highlands Neighborhood Area Council has had to CANCEL its Astronomy Night on Friday, November 14 from 7-8:30PM (moved from Thursday, November 13 due to weather). View celestial bodies up close and personal with astronomer John Harrington. Refreshments will be served. Meet at Hyde Community Center Playground 90 Lincoln…
The final Healey-Driscoll Administration’s public listening sessions regarding the funding of education will be held from 4:30-6:30PM on Wednesday, December 3 at Newton North High School. The Healey-Driscoll Administration is completing a series of public listening sessions to solicit feedback on the Chapter 70 school finance formula, the primary funding…
This is the 14th year Newton’s Read Your World is giving away free diverse KidLit. Simply write a short review and post it to Amazon, Goodreads, or social media in exchange for books. Sign up ends Wednesday, December 31.
The LigerBots are sponsoring the FIRST Lego League (FLL) Eastern Massachusetts Championship and STEAM Expo on Saturday, December 20 from 10AM-3PM at Newton North High School. This event is open to the public! Over 30 teams of 4th-8th graders are expected to compete with robots built out of legos. In…