2007 News Headlines |
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Boston Globe
December 20, 2007 |
| Before each school day, Charles P. Sposato stood outside the door of Media and Technology Charter High School in Boston and shook the hand of every arriving student. He knew the names of all the teenagers who entered... |
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MetroWest Daily News
December 18, 2007 |
| Chuck. Charlie. Papa. Spo. Mr. Spo. Charles Sposato went by many names. They were just different names to pronounce the same word. Teacher. "He was a natural-born teacher," said Bob Flaherty, former Framingham High principal. |
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US News & World Report
November 30, 2007 |
| One school is 372 years old. The other is housed in what was an auto parts dealership just a few years ago. Perhaps it is this combination of history and innovation that explains how the state of Massachusetts remains at the forefront of education in this country... |
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ABC-TV World News
October 7, 2007 |
| At age 13, Luis Sanchez's mother kicked him out of the house -- permanently -- for misbehaving. "She just brought me to court and was just, like, you know, 'I don't want him'" Luis explains. The memory hurts. For two weeks he lived on the streets... |
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Washington Post
June 22, 2007 |
| Until a few year's ago, America's elementary and secondary schools generally escaped our national obsession with lists. Almost every week another ranking of best communities, most beautiful people or top hospitals is published. But in 1998 Newsweek... |
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New York Times
April 10, 2007 |
| Charlotte C. Hart, a retired technology executive from Newton, Mass., helped build a Cambridge software company with six employees into a $60 million operation with 220 employees. By the time the company was sold to Compuware in 1999... |
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Investor's Business Daily
April 5, 2007 |
| Be careful how you treat people. You will likely run into them again. Paul Sagan is reminded of that often. The chief executive of Akamai Technologies, a company that makes up part of the backbone of the Internet, often finds himself doing business with former colleagues or bosses... |
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Orlando Sentinel
March 28, 2007 |
| Massachusetts has approved about as many charter schools in 14 years as Florida OKs in a year. For a decade, Florida has focused on charter expansion: approving schools over local objectiions, allowing 43 percent of schools to go ungraded... |
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Charter Advocate
Spring 2007 |
| It's not unusual for young 20-somethings to be unsure of their career plans when they graduate from college. Julie Ann Clark decided to tutor while she figured it out and students at Boston English High School are glad she did... |
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Sun Chronicle
March 11, 2007 |
| Having served as a marine in the Vietnam War, newly retired Seekonk High School social studies teacher Gil Woodside holds very strong opinions about that historic and controversial part of United States history...
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