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Two adults, two children injured after school bus crashes into Dorchester home, police say

Officers responded to a report of a school bus crashing into a home near the intersection of Claridge Terrace and Wentworth Street at about 4:39 p.m., police said.

Gun fired inside Springfield high school after student let shooter inside, police say

The bullet went through a window, and no one was seriously injured, but the armed person also “struck a victim” before fleeing the school, officials said.

‘We need another track’: The Reggie Lewis Center can’t meet student needs alone, officials say

Several advocates at a hearing Monday said the city should lean on Boston's other tracks and colleges to meet Boston students' needs.

Brockton Public Schools faces a deficit up to $25 million, new report says

Despite projections that the district will see an increase in funding from the governor’s budget, the district is projected to face a $7 million to $19 million shortfall in the upcoming fiscal year, according to a new report.

‘Unacceptable and horrific’: Questions remain after 3-year-old Boston preschooler was restrained in chair

The incident at the Condon K-8 School highlights ongoing concerns about whether Massachusetts public school teachers and other staffers restrain students too frequently and whether they do it improperly.

Stricter cellphone policy for Brockton High School approved amid reports of violence

The state’s largest high school has been thrust into the spotlight after repeated episodes of violence led four School Committee members to request that the National Guard be sent in to restore order.

Mayor Wu: ‘May have been breach of existing policy’ when 3-year-old strapped to chair at Condon School

Wu’s comments in a radio interview Wednesday came two days after the child’s mother, Anacelia Cuevas, told the Globe she was “furious” over the way her son was treated.

NAACP files complaint with state against Western Mass. school district in the wake of racist incidents

The Greater Springfield NAACP condemned a “history of racial incidents” and lambasted a culture that must “be broken up” at a school committee meeting Tuesday dominated by outrage over a mock online slave auction conducted last month by students.