Schools in Harvard Square, Cambridge

School Committee opens year with tech, ICE proposals

Sep 2 · Cambridge Day →

School Committee meets tonight on Broadway

Sep 1 · City of Cambridge →

Harvard Law School hosts Student Practice Organizations Showcase

Sep 1 · Harvard Law School →

Cambridge school staff start year under expired contracts

Aug 29 · Cambridge Day →

Cambridge Public Schools to Host Weekend Community Fair at King Open School

Aug 28 · Cambridge Public Schools →

Cambridge Public Schools Sets Sept. 1 Start, Shifts Start Times

Aug 27 · Cambridge Public Schools →

Main Library Hosts Toddler Story Time This Morning

Toddler Story Time runs today, Aug. 20, from 11 to 11:30 a.m. in the Main Library's Rey Room at 449 Broadway, for children 18 months to 3 years with caregivers; same-day tickets available first-come.

Aug 20 · City of Cambridge →

Harvard agrees to $53 million settlement over stolen body parts

Harvard University reached a $53 million settlement to resolve class-action lawsuits alleging its medical school mishandled remains stolen from its morgue.

Aug 19 · Reuters →

CPS back-to-school forms available starting today

Starting today, Aug. 17, annual back-to-school forms are available on the Cambridge Public Schools Family Portal; parents must complete and return them for each student before the first day of classes.

Aug 17 · Cambridge Public Schools →

Harvard premed applicants can join interview Q&A

Harvard's Mignone Center for Career Success holds a virtual Q&A today, 1-2 p.m., for medical-school applicants following its interviewing workshop recording.

Aug 17 · Harvard FAS Mignone Center for Career Success →

Harvard Academic Workers Vote to Authorize Potential Strike

The union representing 2,600 Harvard non-tenured academic workers announced Aug. 14 that 94% of voting members authorized a potential strike after nearly two years of stalled contract negotiations.

Aug 15 · Cambridge Day →

Federal judge dismisses antisemitism lawsuit against Harvard

U.S. District Judge Richard G. Stearns dismissed a federal lawsuit alleging Harvard failed to protect Jewish students from harassment, ruling the cited incidents too isolated to prove a civil rights violation.

Aug 14 · NPR Illinois →

Deadline nears for Early Childhood Education career training

Today is the final day to apply for the city's Early Childhood Education Career Training Program, which offers credentialing and scholarships.

Aug 14 · City of Cambridge →

Teen film screening showcases CCTV Summer Media Institute projects

CCTV's Summer Media Institute held a public screening of final short films by 27 middle and high school students at the MIT Welcome Center on August 13.

Aug 13 · Cambridge Day →

Ahmed Abdelsalam Named Finalist in 3M Young Scientist Challenge

Darby Vassall Upper School sixth grader Ahmed Abdelsalam was named one of ten national finalists in the 3M Young Scientist Challenge on Aug. 9 for his prototype that converts movement into electricity.

Aug 10 · Cambridge Day →

Summer Science Week Sketch Sessions, Mon-Fri Aug 10-14

Harvard Museum of Natural History hosts Summer Science Week Monday through Friday, Aug. 10-14, 9:30 a.m.-noon.

Aug 9 · Harvard Square Business Association →

Superintendent lays path for Amigos School move to East Cambridge

At the Aug. 4 School Committee meeting, Superintendent David Murphy called it "essentially inevitable" that the bilingual Amigos School will relocate to the former Kennedy-Longfellow campus, setting a Sept. 4 deadline for formal recommendations.

Aug 8 · csindie.com →

Dudley Co-op affiliates urge Harvard to preserve the co-op

In an Aug. 6 open letter, 457 Dudley Co-op affiliates called on Harvard leaders to keep the co-op open after Harvard College announced changes affecting the Dudley Community.

Aug 7 · The Harvard Crimson →

Peabody Museum's Ancient-Times science week concludes today

Harvard Museum of Natural History's sold-out Summer Science Week: Life in Ancient Times wraps up Friday, Aug. 7 from 9:30 a.m. to noon at the Peabody Museum, 11 Divinity Ave.

Aug 7 · Harvard Museum of Natural History →

Superintendent disputes report that 60% of freshmen need algebra redo

At Tuesday's School Committee meeting (Aug. 4), Superintendent Dave Murphy disputed a circulated claim that 60% of rising CRLS ninth graders would need to retake Algebra 1, saying about 45% are scheduled for Algebra 1 while half will take a more advanced class in 2026-27.

Aug 6 · Cambridge Day →

Tufts Pauses On-Campus MyTERN Classes After May Shooting

Tufts University has suspended all on-campus MyTERN re-entry program classes for the 2026-27 academic year, per an Aug. 3 faculty email, following a review of a former participant's May shooting on Memorial Drive.

Aug 4 · The Tufts Daily →

Larry Aaronson, Legendary CRLS History Teacher, Dies at 86

Larry Aaronson, a longtime Cambridge Rindge and Latin School history teacher and social justice advocate, died in his sleep Saturday, Aug. 1, at age 86.

Aug 3 · Cambridge | Somerville Independent →

Deadline Today for Free Bridge to College Program

Monday, Aug. 3, is the final day for adult learners to apply for the Community Learning Center's 2026-2027 Bridge to College program to earn free college credits.

Aug 3 · City of Cambridge →

Gross-Zagier Math Conference Commences at MIT

The five-day mathematics research conference 'The Gross-Zagier Formula, 40 Years Later' begins Monday, Aug. 3, hosting algebraic geometry and number theory lectures at MIT.

Aug 3 · MIT Mathematics →