Article: A First Grader’s Murder Spurs a Mother’s Crusade to Teach Love

Scarlett Lewis (COM’90): teaching social skills could have prevented Sandy Hook tragedy Date: December 14th, 2018 Link: http://www.bu.edu/today/2018/a-first-graders-murder-spurs-a-mothers-crusade-to-teach-love/ The last photo taken of Jesse Lewis shows the six-year-old squinting into the mid-December sun as he’s dropped off at school. On the nearby family car, he had finger-scrawled “I LOVE YOU” in the frosty coating. Less than […]

February 16, 2018

A Message from the Acting Commissioner: Our thoughts this week are very much with our colleagues and their students and families in Parkland, Fla. Until we as a society are prepared to confront and solve this problem, we must unfortunately spend time and effort preparing for the next possible occurrence. Please make sure your schools’ multi-hazard […]

February 9, 2018

Rural Schools Report: In January, ESE issued a legislative report on Fiscal Conditions in Rural School Districts (download). The report examines enrollment, staffing, and spending trends as well as local aid, school choice, and charter school tuitions to understand the challenges facing rural districts. The report documents the significant enrollment declines that have occurred over the last […]