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The New Bedford Educators Association held a debate featuring the four candidates for school committee on Tuesday night.

The New Bedford School Committee unanimously voted to ratify the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) regarding administrators at DeValles and Congdon Elementary Schools in an executive session at Keith Middle School on Monday night.

NEW BEDFORD — The New Bedford Educators Association collected more than $3,900 in donations for their annual winter coat drive. With the donations, the school nursing staffs, who coordinate the drive, were able to purchase more than $5,000 worth of clothing and toiletries for students in need with discounts from local businesses...

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.

Superintendent Pia Durkin says a recent vote questioning her ability to lead is nothing personal.

Speaking on WBSM's "Saturday Morning with Tim Weisberg" program, New Bedford Educators Association President Lou St. John said that teachers at New Bedford High School have already begun receiving letters informing them they won't be back next year...

The Commissioner of Education has issued a four-point plan to improve academic acheivement at the struggling John A. Parker School in New Bedford.  The state declared Parker a "level five" school last year, one of only a handful of "chronically underperforming" schools in Mass...

The New Bedford teachers union president says he welcomes the City Council's involvement in school department affairs. Responding to a Standard Times editorial letter, Lou St. John says over the last several years, the Council may have lost trust in the School Committee after having to appropriate extra funds to the schools from the city-side of government in order to make up a multi-million dolla

Mayor Jon Mitchell maintains he sees and understands the frustrations of teachers as the "turnaround plan" at New Bedford High School is implemented. Mitchell authored an op-ed piece published in Wednesday's Standard Times, detailing what he would have said if he were afforded the opportunity to address the crowd at a teacher-organized rally last Friday...