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A special student-organized forum marked the start of Women’s History Month at New Bedford High School today.

The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) released its annual data Monday on graduation and dropout rates across Massachusetts, citing New Bedford’s improving dropout rate among the top five urban districts of the Commonwealth.

Fall River will continue to have enhanced school security when classes resume next week. What are some of the safest school districts in the area?

New Bedford High dedicated its new state-of-the-art fitness center to Bobby Watkins, a star football player for New Bedford in the late 1940s who went on to play for Ohio State and the NFL's Chicago Bears.

Superintendent Dr. Pia Durkin stopped by WBSM to talk with Phil Paleologos about the state of New Bedford schools.

New Bedford High School continued to make strides in its turnaround plan, taking a huge step Thursday as the school announced it has earned its reaccreditation from the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC).

The Lewis Temple Academy of Honors (LTAOH) at New Bedford High School is being established to provide qualifying scholars with the opportunity to participate in a sequence of advanced courses that will prepare them for application to the finest undergraduate institutes and most competitive post-secondary programs...

Its a homecoming of sorts for former New Bedford High School football coach Dennis Golden. Golden left New Bedford in 2013 to coach at Catholic Memorial. Now word comes that Golden has taken a new job as athletic director and football coach at Bishop Stang High School in Dartmouth...

Technology took the forefront of Monday night's New Bedford school budget discussion. Out of the $7.7 million expected to be added to the district's budget for 2017, $300,000 will be included for technology replacement. New Bedford schools' Information Technology Director Rob Tetreault says the additional funds could go toward a number of needs, such as laptops for middle school faculty, or partia

After their tour of New Bedford High School on Tuesday, Irwin Jacobs and his wife Joan wrapped up their visit to the city with their 16th annual scholarship presentation at the Whaling Museum. The Jacobs Family rewarded five high school seniors in New Bedford with a $35,000 scholarship to study math, science, or engineering in college...