by tjohnston | Aug 16, 2017 | State/National News
MALDEN — The state education board is embarking on its first search for a new elementary and secondary education commissioner in a decade, with top officials hoping to land on a candidate by the end of the year. Commissioner Mitchell Chester — who had been...
by tjohnston | Jun 27, 2017 | State/National News
Longtime Elementary and Secondary Education Commissioner Mitchell Chester died Monday evening after a short illness, the state’s education board chairman announced at a Tuesday meeting. He was 65. “We were obviously stunned by his death and deeply...
by tjohnston | Jun 20, 2016 | Local News
Teacher of the year Sydney Chaffee, a teacher at the Codman Academy Charter Public School in Dorchester was among the nineteen educators honored at a State House ceremony last week. Other teachers recognized included Teacher of the Year finalist Rachel Stavely Hale,...
