Charter

A bus driver for a charter school in Fall River has been charged after nearly a dozen students were hurt during a chaotic ride home on Thursday.

The school has applied for 1,188 more charter school seats and two new schools within the city, just two years after opening its new campus on Belleville Avenue.

Authorities find a charter expedition returned with over a quarter-ton of fish over the legal limit.

Teachers and staff working at City on a Hill New Bedford, a charter school, have organized to join the Boston Teachers Union.

On Monday, the state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education approved a request for Alma del Mar Charter School to expand its enrollment by 90 students. The five-year-old school had its charter renewed without conditions last year...

NEW BEDFORD - Global Learning Charter Public School officials are contemplating what to do after a student brought an airsoft pistol to the New Bedford school. The incident took place Tuesday when a sixth grader brought the replica gun into the school, with the gun accidentally being fired at another student...

An advocate for more charter schools in Massachusetts says Question Two on the November ballot is all about greater choice. If approved by voters, Question Two would lift the cap on charter schools across the state. Dr. Stephen Furtado, Executive Director at Global Learning Charter Public School in New Bedford says the demand for charter schools is extremely high...

Massachusetts Education Secretary Jim Peyser met with area education leaders Wednesday morning at the UMass Dartmouth School of Law. Secretary Peyser discussed national and statewide education issues, and zeroed in on key issues affecting education on the Southcoast...

New Bedford Mayor Jon Mitchell has made an official move to change the City's charter, allowing for four-year mayoral terms instead of the current two-year terms. Mitchell presented the City Council with the proposal on Wednesday, saying the modification would bring stability to the City's executive branch, allow the mayor to focus on long-term improvements, and cutting down on the relative amount

A Massachusetts business group is calling for changes in the state's education system in light of a report that shows more than two-thirds of the state's employers report difficulty hiring appropriately skilled employees. The report by the Massachusetts Business Alliance for Education says bolstering the state's public schools is viewed as a critical step in producing more workers with the right s