How New Bedford boosted its graduation rate 

Keys were focus on individual students, English-language learners  

IN SEPTEMBER OF 2013, two months after her arrival as the district’s new school superintendent, Pia Durkin paid a visit to New Bedford High School one morning not long after the start of the school day. Durkin said there was a student heading out of the building just as she was walking in. She tried(...)

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