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Community Education Forum TONITE! 5:30 PM

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Union of Minority Neighborhoods  ANDAssociation of Haitian Women Presents… A Community Education Forum Today, February 23rd 20115:30pm-8pm330 Fuller Street in Dorchester Learn about the current state of public educationAnd voice your concerns…What does a quality education mean to YOU?Also…Get a chance to talk to Rev. Gregory  G. Groover Sr. Chairman of the Boston Public School Committee For more information please contactGuerdine for UMN at 617-830-5084 orRose for AFAB at 617-287-0096

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Buy Black for Great Gifts!! Support Black Business!!!

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Great Gift Ideas for your Holiday Season!If you celebrate Christmas, Kwanzaa and Black History Monthhere are some great gifts for your children, your family and for yourself! Black History Games, Incense, Body Oil, Burning Oil, Shea Butter, Posters, Flags and more!! Buy online now! All this and more! Master Merchant  http://www.mastermerchant.biz Black History Month Trivia Gamehttp://mastermerchant.biz/product.sc?productId=86&categoryId=4Introduce students to the history, cultural experiences, scientific accomplishments and major contributions made by African American from 1619 till today! Game includes: 1 game board, 16 movement tokens, 4 dice, and 200 Question and Answer cards. Ages 10+ Black History Month Trivia Game for Kids http://mastermerchant.biz/product.sc?productId=84 Introduce students to the history, cultural experiences, scientific accomplishments and major contributions made by African American from 1619 till today! Game includes: 1 game board, 16 movement tokens, 4 dice, and 200 Question and Answer cards. Ages 7+ Underground Railroad Gamehttp://mastermerchant.biz/product.sc?productId=85Navigate your way throughout the United States and learn about the Safe Houses along the Underground Railroad. For ages 6+ Black History Playing Cardshttp://mastermerchant.biz/product.sc?productId=83by: Bicycle Sealed Deck Of Playing Cards – Great Fun For The Whole Family – Collect Them or Play With Them!! All ages Shea Butterhttp://mastermerchant.biz/product.sc?productId=94&categoryId=151lb 100% Pure White Shea ButterAfrican Shea Butter 100% Natural African Shea Butter is made from the nut of the African Shea Tree. It contains a rich amount of unremovable fatty acid which render it far superior to cocoa butter and other natural vegatable butters. Incensehttp://mastermerchant.biz/category.sc?categoryId=8 100 Stick Bundles, 20 Stick packs wide variety of fragrances Exotic Incense: Nag Champa, Super Hit, Rock Incense: Frankincense, Myrrhhttp://mastermerchant.biz/category.sc?categoryId=8 Body Oilshttp://mastermerchant.biz/product.sc?productId=21&categoryId=8100% pure Body Oils, no animal by products, no alcohol wide variety of fragrances Burning Oilshttp://mastermerchant.biz/product.sc?productId=39&categoryId=8Aromatic burning oils for your home PLUS MUCH MUCH MORE!!!! Handcrafted Leather Panther Figurineshttp://mastermerchant.biz/product.sc?productId=82&categoryId=4Decorate your home or office, excellent gift or suitable as child’s toy Afrocentric Postershttp://mastermerchant.biz/category.sc?categoryId=13Black Inventors, Black Notables, Kings & Queens of Africa and more… National Flagshttp://mastermerchant.biz/category.sc?categoryId=17RBG, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Trinidad, Haiti, Jamaica, Ethiopia and more… Chew Sticks – Licorice Roothttp://mastermerchant.biz/product.sc?productId=66&categoryId=8Plain, Peppermint Fronto Leafhttp://mastermerchant.biz/product.sc?productId=111&categoryId=1Natural Tobacco Leaf Master Merchan t  http://www.mastermerchant.bizCall for wholesale!!617-297-7721

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Angela Davis set for speech at Emerson

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Angela Davis set for speech at Emerson February 14, 2011 The 1960s radical-turned-academic Angela Davis is slated to speak Wednesday at Emerson College. The former FBI Most Wanted fugitive and onetime member of the Black Panthers is to address the Boston school as part of Black History Month. FULL STORY HERE:http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2011/02/14/angela_davis_set_for_speech_at_emerson/

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Former Suffolk DA Ralph Martin named to top Northeastern post

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Former Suffolk DA Ralph Martin named to top Northeastern post Posted by Martin Finucane January 26, 2011 12:00 PMBy Globe Staff Ralph Martin, the prominent Boston lawyer who served as Suffolk County district attorney for much of the 1990s, has been named senior vice president and general counsel at Northeastern University, the university announced today. Northeastern President Joseph Aoun said Martin “brings a unique and powerful combination of strengths to Northeastern. He has a penetrating legal mind, experience as a leader, and a commitment to civic engagement.” FOR FULL STORY CLICK HEREhttp://www.boston.com/news/local/breaking_news/2011/01/former_suffolk_1.html?p1=Local_Links

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Menino returns to education fray Backs superintendent, urges broad overhauls

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Menino returns to education frayBacks superintendent, urges broad overhauls Mayor Thomas M. Menino sought education overhaul in a speech yesterday, adding that he backed a school closing plan by Superintendent Carol R. Johnson, seen with Menino afterward. (Aram Boghosian for The Boston Globe)By Andrew RyanGlobe Staff / December 15, 2010 FULL STORY HEREhttp://www.boston.com/news/education/k_12/articles/2010/12/15/menino_backs_superintendent_urges_broad_overhauls/

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Boston school reform vote slated

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Boston school reform vote slated By Associated Press  |   Wednesday, December 15, 2010  |  http://www.bostonherald.com  |  Local Coverage BOSTON — The Boston School Committee is to vote on plans to plug a projected $63 million budget deficit over the next fiscal year and improve the quality of academic programs. The restructuring plan is part of Superintendent Carol Johnson’s efforts to eliminate budget and performance gaps. Spokesman Matthew Wilder says plans to close nine schools and merge eight others into four will save $10 million. The initiative also seeks to extend the school day, launch a teacher evaluation system tied to performance and link salaries and benefits to student results. The reforms also seeks to cut the more than $300,000 in daily transportation costs and 5,600 empty seats that cost $20 million spent annually. The school committee is scheduled to vote on the plans Wednesday evening. Boston has 135 public schools, with 56,340 students. Article URL: http://www.bostonherald.com/news/regional/view.bg?articleid=1303294

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The exacting quest for a good school Ambitious students of color seek aid at A Better Chance

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The exacting quest for a good schoolAmbitious students of color seek aid at A Better Chance From left, Symone Gilbert of Providence, Chuko Eyemaro of Taunton, and Marcus Perry filled out applicant interview forms for A Better Chance yesterday at Beaver Country Day School in Brookline. (Pat Greenhouse/ Globe Staff)By Kathleen BurgeGlobe Staff / December 13, 2010 FULL STORY HEREhttp://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2010/12/13/ambitious_students_of_color_seek_aid_at_a_better_chance/

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Carol Johnson to unveil school overhaul plan

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Carol Johnson to unveil school overhaul plan By Marie Szaniszlo  |   Thursday, December 2, 2010  |  http://www.bostonherald.com  |  Local Coverage Faced with a $63 million budget shortfall, Boston schools Superintendent Carol R. Johnson is expected to propose closing nine schools, merging five others and extending the school day by an hour in the years to come under a plan she is expected to unveil tonight. “We recognize maintaining the status quo won’t work,” Johnson said yesterday, adding that some students “aren’t getting what they need.” The proposal calls for closing three high schools in Hyde Park alone: the Engineering School, the Social Justice Academy and the Community Academy of Science and Health, which would be relocated to the site of the former Cleveland School in Dorchester. Two elementary schools — the Ralph Waldo Emerson in Roxbury and the Roger Clap in Dorchester — also would close, and the East Zone Early Learning Center would be moved to the William Trotter in Roxbury and James Holland in Dorchester. If the school committee approves the plan Dec. 15, all of the targeted schools would close in June. In addition, the Patrick F. Gavin Middle School in South Boston would be converted into an in-district charter school called the UP (Unlocking Potential) Academy, while the Lee Elementary School and Lee Academy would merge. Johnson also is proposing adding at least one other in-district charter school, Green Academy. The schools slated for closure or merger were chosen because they are struggling academically, have many open seats or both, Johnson said. There are 5,600 vacant seats in 135 schools, a number untenable for a district facing a $63 million shortfall next year, after its economic stimulus money from the federal government runs out. Scheduling adjustments at each school would fill empty seats without raising class sizes, which now range from 22 students in primary school to 30 students in high school. Johnson said her plan would permanently reduce annual costs by more than $60 million, partly by linking teacher evaluations to student performance and eliminating annual “double raises” based on longevity. Up to $7 million of the savings would be on transportation and student assignment through measures including enforcing existing walk-zone rules and developing new student assignment zones this spring, she said. By 2014, the district also would have school days that are one hour longer, identify struggling students earlier and assign mentors to every one, Johnson said. A public hearing on Johnson’s plan will be held Dec. 8. Article URL: http://www.bostonherald.com/news/regional/view.bg?articleid=1300255

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Bullet strikes Mattapan school window

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Bullet strikes Mattapan school windowNovember 18, 2010 Boston police said a bullet apparently struck the window of a classroom at the Young Achievers Science and Math K-8 School in Mattapan. Police were called to the school at about 11 a.m., after a teacher walked into the classroom and saw a shattered window. “Thankfully, there are no reported injuries,’’ said Elaine Driscoll, spokeswoman for Boston police. Police responded to a call for shots fired several days ago, far from the school, Driscoll said.

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Joseph Lee School awarded $100,000

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Joseph Lee School awarded $100,000November 4, 2010 The Joseph Lee Elementary School was awarded $100,000 yesterday, after winning the fifth annual Thomas W. Payzant School on the Move Prize. The Dorchester school was awarded the money through EdVestors, a Boston nonprofit. The school, which beat both the Clarence R. Edwards Middle School in Charlestown and the Charles H. Taylor Elementary School in Mattapan for the grand prize, was recognized for making a noticeable and sustainable improvement toward closing achievement gaps for all students.

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