One of Sydney Chaffee’s students describes her as “blunt, calm and nice at the same time.” Others in her classroom in Dorchester, Massachusetts, say she’s “a good listener” – simply “the best.” ...

Codman Academy students Shameka Joseph (left) and Tre'Jon Carrasquillo play Antonio and Toby Belch in the Codman-Huntington Summer Theatre Institute production of "Twelfth Night." (Courtesy Huntington ...

An early rehearsal for Codman Academy’s production of “King Lear” started with warm-up exercises that many theater kids would recognize. “The lips, the teeth, the tip of the tongue,” the students ...

Codman Academy Charter Public contains 1 schools and 336 students. The district’s minority enrollment is 100%. The student body at the schools served by Codman Academy Charter Public is 0% white, 69.9 ...

Educators at the Codman Academy Charter Public School in Dorchester announced on Tuesday that they are organizing a union, which will include more than 60 staff members. “We’re unionizing Codman ...

Tayon Smith, a 9th-grader at the Codman Academy in Dochester, has just taken the pledge. The junk-food-free pledge, that is. That means that at least through June, he'll give up the candy that had ...

A Massachusetts high school teacher who was chosen National Teacher of the Year on Thursday is believed to be the first from a charter school to win the award.Sydney Chaffee, who teaches at the Codman ...

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A 16-year-old boy who died Wednesday shortly after being discovered severely injured at a Boston charter school apparently committed suicide, according to law enforcement officials, speaking on the ...

Codman Academy Charter Public School is a charter school located in Dorchester, MA, which is in a large city setting. The student population of Codman Academy Charter Public School is 336 and the ...