Meet the head who is blazing a trail for high standards (Independent)
After 18 months as a head teacher, Janice Howkins had a lot to be pleased about. Ofsted had just called Bentley Wood, in Harrow, Middlesex, "a good and improving school". The Specialist Schools and Academies Trust had given it a certificate marking its high value-added scores, which measure the amount of improvement pupils show while they are there. The next day she was to announce the second ...
Graduates and Awards, July 10 (Burlington Union)
The following Burlington students have graduated or received awards this academic year: Jennifer L. Farrow and Jessica R. Silvis received bachelor degrees during undergraduate commencement ceremonies at Quinnipiac University on May 18.
The Baseball Team (Lowell Sun)
ZAC ROY Lowell Player of the Year The record-setting 5-9, 165-pound centerfielder/pitcher, a three-year starter, batted .413 this spring with a single-season school record 38 runs scored, 20 RBI, record 27 stolen bases, record 104 at-bats and record 43 hits.
Brescia: I only wanted Ed Schiller beaten (Newton Tab)
The Waltham man charged with hiring a hit man to murder his estranged wife's love interest told a Middlesex Superior Court jury yesterday he only wanted the victim threatened or beaten.
Teenager jailed after 'Wild West' shootout killed Magda Pniewska (Times Online)
A teenager was jailed for life yesteroday after being found guilty of murdering a Polish nursing assistant who was caught in a “Wild West” shoot-out.
Kent rewarded for their urgency (Daily Telegraph)
Kent (86-7) bt Middlesex (61-7) by 25 runsThere was something distinctly English about Beckenham last night - the sight of thousands of spectators sitting in the rain for hours on end hoping they might see a bit of cricket.