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A group of New Bedford teachers recently went on the Morning Show of WBSM's sister station Fun 107 with altered voices claiming that assaults by students against teachers occur on a regular basis with teachers being punched and pushed. However, on Monday School Department spokesman Jonathan Carvalho told the Fun 107 Morning Show he has not found any evidence of their claims...

A group of teachers claim things are not what they seem in the New Bedford School District. This year, unlike last year, few reports have surfaced this year about teachers being assaulted by students. However, the teachers tell WBSM's sister station Fun 107, the assaults are happening on a regular basis and claim there are many students at the New Bedford High School with emotional and behavioral

Teachers and parents are saying there is still a serious threat of violence in New Bedford Public Schools.

The New Bedford City Council hopes to hear from public school teachers Thursday night, concerning disciplinary issues within the schools. Councillor-At-Large Brian Gomes says he still hears about troubling behavior from students within the high school and middle schools, and wants to get to the bottom of it, "Every day we hear of incidents...

Teachers from outside the New Bedford School District were invited to Keith Middle School Saturday to see what it's like to teach in the city and submit applications during a career fair.

A new algebra program was announced during Monday's School Committee meeting. The pilot math program will be implemented at New Bedford High School this fall with help from the University of San Diego's Mobile Technology Learning Center.

Roughly 30 teachers were absent from New Bedford High School on Tuesday.

After being ratified by the city officials and the New Bedford Educators Association last week, the School Committee made their decision to approve the union's one year contract extension Monday night.

The New Bedford Educators Association has ratified a contract between the City and the teachers. Union members met for about an hour at Keith Middle School Tuesday afternoon, to hear union leaders present a tentative contract that had been negotiated over the past several weeks...

Massachusetts Secretary of Education, Matt Malone, visited the UMass Dartmouth campus Tuesday to discuss his views of education in the State.