Grace Zokovitch

Grace Zokovitch is a general assignment reporter. Email her at gzokovitch@bostonherald.com.

Eight member of the English Learners Task Force appointed by the Boston School Committee resigned Tuesday morning in protest of parts of the new Inclusive Education Plan moving the majority of English Language Learners to General Education classrooms.

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Eight members of BPS task force resign over inclusive education changes

October 31, 2023 at 7:13 p.m.

Eight member of the English Learners Task Force appointed by the Boston School Committee resigned Tuesday morning in protest of parts of the new Inclusive Education Plan moving the majority...

Navy veteran Tom Kelley serves food during the monthly veterans dinner at St. Anthony Shrine. (Chris Christo/Boston Herald)

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‘Uplifting place:’ Vietnam Navy vet speaks on building community at St. Anthony Shrine lunches

October 30, 2023 at 7:38 p.m.

"I find it very uplifting, to be able to sit with my fellow veterans," said Navy veteran and Vietnam war hero Tom Kelley, who came up with the idea for...

Maine-native Stephen King called out the “madness” that led to Wednesday’s mass shooting in a Tweet on Thursday.

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Stephen King sounds off on Maine mass shooting: ‘Stop electing apologists for murder’

October 27, 2023 at 3:35 p.m.

Maine-native Stephen King called out the “madness” that led to Wednesday’s mass shooting in a Tweet on Thursday.

When Zoey Levesque felt a bullet graze her leg she wasn't worried about the injury, the 10-year-old told ABC News on Thursday, she was too busy running for her life.

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Maine mass shooting: ‘Why do people do this?’

October 26, 2023 at 6:50 p.m.

When Zoey Levesque felt a bullet graze her leg she wasn't worried about the injury, the 10-year-old told ABC News on Thursday, she was too busy running for her life.

Authorities have named Robert Card, a 40-year-old firearms instructor in the Army Reserve, as the suspect in a mass shooting that killed 18 people in Lewiston, Maine, on Wednesday night. Here's what we know about the suspect so far.

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Who is Maine mass shooting suspect Robert Card?

October 27, 2023 at 3:49 p.m.

Authorities have named Robert Card, a 40-year-old firearms instructor in the Army Reserve, as the suspect in a mass shooting that killed 18 people in Lewiston, Maine, on Wednesday night....

Massachusetts is in desperate need of federal help to address the worsening migrant crisis, state leaders said Monday afternoon -- help indefinitely held up by the dysfunction in the U.S. House of Representatives.

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State leaders speak to U.S. House dysfunction as migrant crisis reaches breaking point

October 24, 2023 at 7:48 p.m.

Massachusetts is in desperate need of federal help to address the worsening migrant crisis, state leaders said Monday afternoon -- help indefinitely held up by the dysfunction in the U.S....

"I stress that this is a crisis but is only going to expand," Cardinal Sean O'Malley wrote in a letter to the Archdiocese. "I offer this invitation in the spirit of Pope Francis, who has asked us as Catholics to watch the peripheries of society where suffering is located.

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Healey calls out ‘poor judgement’ leading to sweeping GLX track issues

October 23, 2023 at 7:59 p.m.

Governor Maura Healey spoke Monday on the sweeping track issues in the Green Line Extension project, again calling out "poor judgement" of officials overseeing the project and adding the agency...

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Eight members of BPS task force resign over inclusive education changes

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‘Uplifting place:’ Vietnam Navy vet speaks on building community at St. Anthony Shrine lunches

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Stephen King sounds off on Maine mass shooting: ‘Stop electing apologists for murder’

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Maine mass shooting: ‘Why do people do this?’

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Who is Maine mass shooting suspect Robert Card?

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State leaders speak to U.S. House dysfunction as migrant crisis reaches breaking point

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Boston Cardinal urges parishes to be ‘ready and willing to assist’ as migrant crisis escalates

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Absenteeism in Massachusetts school districts [+link to your school]

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Education commissioner names ‘attendance priority schools’ to address ‘staggering’ chronic absenteeism

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Healey calls out ‘poor judgement’ leading to sweeping GLX track issues