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Christopher Huffaker

@huffakingit.bsky.social
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Data education reporter at the Boston Globe.

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Christopher Huffaker @huffakingit.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Well, they blew up the Chicken Man in Philly last night They blew up his Rembrandt too www.bostonglobe.com/2026/03/17/m...
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A Rembrandt hidden in a chicken truck. An informant named Meatball. Retired FBI agent offers new intel on Gardner Museum heist. - The Boston Globe
Author Geoffrey Kelly led the investigation into the infamous theft for 22 years before he retired two years ago.
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Christopher Huffaker @huffakingit.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
interesting Proof Points column on male teachers seemingly not making a difference in elementary school hechingerreport.org/proof-points...
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Do male teachers make a difference? Not as much as some think
A teacher's gender doesn’t matter for young boys, national study shows
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Linda K. Wertheimer @lindakwert.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/06/m... Great story by @huffakingit.bsky.social
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Massachusetts virtual schools keep growing, despite COVID — and longstanding — academic struggles - The Boston Globe
Statewide virtual schools have grown in enrollment by more than half since 2019.
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Christopher Huffaker @huffakingit.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
In yesterday's Boston Globe Magazine: My story on the Southern Surge and the Northern Nosedive.
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New England schools are failing — and ‘nobody seems to care’ - The Boston Globe
Our math and reading scores have been declining for a decade. The “Southern Surge” should be a wake-up call.
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john hilliard @iamjohnhilliard.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Fifty years ago, the United States made a pledge: No child, no matter how complex their disability, would be deprived an education. That pledge never came true. via @bostonglobe.com
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Autistic children denied schooling amid lack of federal funding
The federal government has never fully funded special education, leaving schools across the country ill-equipped to teach children with severe disabilities. Today the US government contributes a mere ...
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Yvonne Abraham @yabraham.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
This is heartbreaking, and so well-told, by @iamjohnhilliard.bsky.social
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As questions linger, family and school grieve for Boston 5-year-old killed in April bus crash - The Boston Globe
There have been few answers in the nearly two months since a Boston Public Schools bus struck and killed Lens Joseph on April 28.
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john hilliard @iamjohnhilliard.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
It’s a place where staff notice when a student got caught in the rain walking to school and offer them dry socks, where students insist as part of a “week of joy” on helping organize their teachers’ offices, and where many students and families wish they could stay longer. @bostonglobe.com
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BPS closes its last middle school, following national trend of consolidating campuses - The Boston Globe
Standalone campuses for grades 6-8 are becoming rarer across the country and Boston has undertaken a broad effort to shift students to schools for grades 7-12.
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john hilliard @iamjohnhilliard.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
It’s a generation permanently scarred. Five years after the COVID-19 pandemic began, Massachusetts students remain far behind where they were when the global health catastrophe struck and school leaders undertook the drastic step of shutting in-person learning down for months. @bostonglobe.com
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‘The pandemic broke us’: Mass. superintendents see long road to recovery for students - The Boston Globe
Dozens of Massachusetts superintendents said it will be years before students catch up to pre-COVID levels.
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June @rittsq.bsky.social · 02/07/2023
We used to have Steve Jobs, Johnny Cash, and Bob Hope. But that was over 20 years ago. We still have Kevin Bacon, thank goodness.
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