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The academic principal at Greater New Bedford Voc-Tech High School has agreed to resign her position. In a press release from the school, Superintendent James O'Brien and Principal Rosanne Franco have entered into a negotiated settlement agreement in which Franco will resign her position prior to the end of her contract...

A Cape Cod women says her daughter's school superintendent came uninvited into her home this week.

The results are in for the students of New Bedford Public Schools. Supt. Pia Durkin presented the district's end-of-year testing data during Monday night's School Committee meeting, which is compared to test results gathered in the beginning of the year.

The City Ccouncil's final budget hearing was dedicated to Supt. Pia Durkin's FY16 proposal Thursday night.

Superintendent Dr. Pia Durkin presented her revised budget proposal to the New Bedford School Committee Wednesday night during a budget workshop meeting.

An assistant principal at a New Bedford middle school accused of placing a student in a chokehold is no longer an employee of the New Bedford Public School District. Jon Carvalho, spokesman for Superintendent Dr. Pia Durkin, says John Lima is no longer an assistant principal at Keith Middle School...

In light of recent issues in the Special Education Department, the New Bedford School Committee appointed an Interim Executive Director to take charge.

State Education officials say 88 percent of high school sophomores passed the standardized MCAS exam on their first try this year, though achievement gaps persisted and several schools in the state's largest cities were in danger of failing...

Parents of New Bedford middle school students are being urged to attend a community forum Wednesday night. The meeting with Superintendent Dr. Pia Durkin and other officials will center on improving the climate in the city's middle schools, especially after recent events involving student fights at Normandin and the high school...

An investigatory meeting slated for today between the headmaster of New Bedford High School and teacher Joanne Maura has once again been postponed. The Superintendent's office says today's postponement was requested by the teacher's union...