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BROCKTON — He was two years into his first teaching job, but Boston Public Schools social studies educator Dontae Mckeiver was frustrated and deflated. As a second-year educator at Excel High School, Mckeiver said he wasn’t getting essential training in student behavior management or addressing students’ social and emotional needs. He wanted more professional development or coaching but didn’t have tenured staff to turn to. And often, many of his colleagues were chronically absent from school.

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Emmy award-winning actress and former Boston Latin School student Ayo Edebiri returned to her alma matter Thursday for the first time since graduating and shared with the mayor and students how her time at the campus shaped her career. “There’s a rigor that I have and level of care that I have that would not be possible if I hadn’t gone to this school,” she said.

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CAMBRIDGE - About 50 public school students joined students from Harvard University to perform a medley of dance and music Friday night on the campus. The performance was led by CityStep, a dance program for elementary and middle school-aged students founded 41 years ago on Harvard’s campus. CityStep is an after-school program that pairs kids with college students in a year-long dance curriculum that culminates each spring with a performance.

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The state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education has tapped Education Secretary Patrick Tutwiler to fill the job of interim commissioner, but some members have questioned if Monday’s 7-2 vote violated the board’s regulations. Following February’s announcement that Russell Johnston would be stepping down, the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education has been without a leader to oversee the state’s K-12 public schools.

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Peter Burrows is stepping down as superintendent of Milton Public Schools.(Handout/Peter Burrows)Milton Public Schools Superintendent Peter Burrows announced Wednesday night he is stepping down from the role. In a letter sent to families, Burrows, who has been at the helm not yet two years, said he had planned to navigate the district through necessary changes that would improve learning outcomes, but now decided to depart at the end of the school year.