-
4 weeks ago | 
cambridgeday.com | Danielle Howe
Long-awaited updates on the state of bus tracking in the Cambridge Public Schools district have come after months of pleas from parents, some saying there have been problems for years, with special education news last week following a general education advancement in March.
-
1 month ago | 
cambridgeday.com | Danielle Howe
A $280 million budget was adopted Tuesday by the Cambridge School Committee with 5-2 votes after several months of community engagement, a focal point of this year’s process led by interim superintendent David Murphy. The budget reflects an increase of 4.5 percent, or $12 million, from the current budget of $268 million, a significantly smaller jump compared with the previous year-to-year increase of 9.5 percent.
-
1 month ago | 
cambridgeday.com | Danielle Howe
The City of Somerville pointed to the national political landscape as reason for moving a March 2 name change clinic online, rather than in person as planned. “The nation is experiencing a nationwide epidemic of violence against transgender, nonbinary, intersex and gender expansive individuals – especially targeting children.
-
2 months ago | 
cambridgeday.com | Danielle Howe
The front lot at Somerville’s John F. Kennedy School is set to be renovated in the spring of 2026 after pleas from community members to take action. The front lot, often likened to a prison yard by parents due to its lack of play equipment and cracked blacktop, is the only play space serving children in grades 3-8 at the Kennedy, at 5 Cherry St. in Spring Hill near Porter Square.
-
2 months ago | 
preprints.org | Danielle Howe |Michelle O'Shea |Sarah Duffy |Mike Armour
You are already at the latest version Endometriosis costs Australia $9.7 billion AUD annually, with most of the cost burden due to absenteeism and lost productivity. Previous research has shown how the absence of workplace support(s) for endometriosis symptom management exacerbates these negative effects.
-
Jan 12, 2025 | 
medicalxpress.com | Mike Armour |Amelia K. Mardon |Danielle Howe |Hannah Adler |Michelle O'Shea
Medicare, Australia's universal health insurance scheme, guarantees all Australians access to a wide range of health and hospital services at low or no cost. Although access to the scheme is universal across Australia (regardless of geographic location or socioeconomic status), one analysis suggests women often spend more out-of-pocket on health services than men. Other research has found men and women spend similar amounts on health care overall, or even that men spend a little more.
-
Jan 9, 2025 | 
theconversation.com | Amelia K. Mardon |Danielle Howe |Hannah Adler |Michelle O'Shea |Mike Armour
Women experience more chronic conditions than men, potentially leading to higher health-care costs.
-
Dec 11, 2024 | 
cambridgeday.com | Danielle Howe
Kennedy-Longfellow community members received notice from interim superintendent David Murphy on Tuesday that confirmed long-held suspicions that the school would close.
-
Dec 6, 2024 | 
cambridgeday.com | Danielle Howe
Natalie Cheevers’ worked her last day Tuesday at the Somerville Public Library’s West Branch. Her departure was the third in the past week. The evening before, she made a post on a Somerville community page on Facebook saying she was a victim of sexual harassment and verbal abuse during her nearly three years at the branch, at 40 College Ave. near Davis Square.
-
Dec 6, 2024 | 
cambridgeday.com | Danielle Howe
The educational technology company MathTalk has finished the first pilot of its Math! Everywhere! app and is gearing up for the second, work that founder Omowale Moses sees as continuing the mission of his father, Robert Moses. The older Moses was a civil rights activist and educator who saw algebra as critical to quality education, and therefore at the root of citizenship and participatory democracy in America. He founded The Algebra Project to bolster math literacy.
