Suspect Bakes Hot Pockets While Trying to Burglarize Boston School
A burglary wasn't the only plan cooking over the weekend inside a Boston high school—police say the suspects involved in stealing computers and other electronics from the learning center were also...
View ArticleEntrepreneurs Need to Go Back to High School
Most people only return to high school for reunions, but I recently found myself roaming the halls at Perth Amboy High in New Jersey, where I shared my experiences in starting and running a company...
View ArticleMassachusetts Eighth-Graders Named Some of the World's Smartest in Science &...
The next time you’re on the hunt for Massachusetts’ smartest students, don’t head to local colleges and universities—look younger. When it comes to math and science, the state’s eighth-graders are...
View ArticleNew Everett High School Principal Shows Students Controversial Video
Everett High School’s new Principal is catching flak from administrators and parents for showing students a controversial homemade video of him walking the halls of the school dressed as the...
View ArticleHow New Models for High School Can Catalyze Change & Improvement
Educators are working harder than ever to improve graduation rates, however, the current, century-old educational structure is a major part of the problem. As someone who has worked in education since...
View ArticleCommunity Spotlight: Springboard Collaborative, Philadelphia
How it Began: Four years ago, Alejandro Gac-Artigas was a first-grade teacher with Teach for America at the North Philadelphia’s Pan American Academy Charter School. At Pan American, Gac-Artigas...
View ArticleThe Babson Entrepreneurship Forum presents "Futurepreneurs"
The theme of this year's Babson Entrepreneurship Forum is Shaping the Future - and what better way to carry this theme through than to feature youth entrepreneurs from Greater Boston. Our...
View ArticlePresident Obama to Deliver Commencement Address at Worcester High School
President Obama was in Boston earlier this month for a fundraiser on behalf of the Democratic National Committee and it appears he'll be swinging back to the Bay Sate this summer. This time, though,...
View Article2014 College Success Stories Highlighted by NickersonPR & Let's Get Ready...
Today is the day! NickersonPR is a proud sponsor of the 24-hour Let's Get Ready College Success Campaign, happening today, and today only! Until midnight tonight, NickersonPR will donate $1 (up to...
View ArticleThe Hypocritical MIAA Was at Its Worst over the Weekend
The MIAA's mission statement says it aims to "promote activities that provide lifelong and life-quality learning experiences to students while enhancing their achievement of educational goals," but...
View ArticleWhy You Should Skip Your Hometown's Thanksgiving Football Game
Going to your hometown's Thanksgiving high school football game sounds like a good idea until you actually do it. In theory, there's something romantic about journeying back to your old stomping...
View ArticleNew Biz Incubator Opens for Disadvantaged Cambridge Teens
For youths with unique learning needs or financially disadvantaged backgrounds, the road to entrepreneurship can seem like an impossible one. The fact is, many of these students don’t have access to...
View ArticleMaine Math Teacher's Pi Day 'Bohemian Rhapsody' Video Is a Nerd-Rock Ballad
At first it's tough to watch. The stick-figure, necktie-wearing teacher against a chalkboard background. The bellowed vocals, butchering words sung by one of Rock and Roll's greatest of all time....
View ArticleSmackHigh Curates the Stuff That High Schoolers Actually Care About
It all started as a joke—just a Twitter account shared by three guys that they used to talk shit about each other’s rival high schools. That is, until someone put a Google doc link in the head of the...
View ArticleBoston Just Unveiled Its First High School Startup Incubators
BUILD Boston has a very unique but focused mission: To use entrepreneurship to inspire disengaged high school students from low-income communities, driving them to pursue higher education and career...
View ArticleA Connecticut HS Junior Won Google's Science Fair with an Ebola Test
The winning 2015 Google Science Fair project has been announced, and it’s a doozy. Olivia Hallisey, a 16-year-old from Connecticut, is this year’s victor after developing a cheaper, faster and more...
View ArticleAdidas Can Help the Numerous Mass. High Schools That Have Native American...
With the Patriots set to welcome Washington this weekend, it makes for a particularly relevant announcement that Adidas will lend its considerable resources to U.S. high schools looking to ditch...
View ArticleA Chestnut Hill High School is Shaping Disruptors at Age 16
The Boston innovation ecosystem has long been linked to colleges and universities throughout the area. But now, encouraging entrepreneurial spirit among students isn’t limited to higher education....
View ArticleHow Cambridge and Local High Schoolers Are Slashing Energy Bills
Last night, EF Education First hosted its annual Glocal Challenge, in which students at Cambridge’s Rindge and Latin High School Students proposed innovative ways to reduce energy inefficiencies and...
View ArticleA Credit Card Co. Is Funding Personal Finance Lessons for Boston High School...
Your average millennial's eyes will glaze over at the mention of 401(k)s, options trading and equity. Finance is not our forte, but it's not our fault. Unless you pursue a college degree in finance or...
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