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State Sec. of Education Matt Malone Visits His Alma Mater, Newton North [PHOTO/VIDEO]

Malone, who grew up in Newton Upper Falls, visited his alma mater Monday morning--just a few hours before he was sworn into office. The newly-appointed secretary of education toured classrooms and talked with teachers about closing achievement gaps.

By Melanie Graham
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January 15, 2013

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Jan. 14, 2013 - On his first official day of work, newly-appointed Secretary of Education Matt Malone talks with career & tech ed teacher Andrea Shurtleff at Newton North High School and looks at hand-drawn examples from the drafting class. Malone, who grew up in Newton Upper Falls, was a drafting major when he attended Newton North in the 1980s. Just a few hours after his visit on Monday, Malone was officially sworn into his new position.

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Jan. 14, 2013 - On his first official day of work, newly-appointed Secretary of Education Matt Malone talks with career & tech ed teacher Andrea Shurtleff at Newton North High School and looks at hand-drawn examples from the drafting class. Malone, who grew up in Newton Upper Falls, was a drafting major when he attended Newton North in the 1980s. Just a few hours after his visit on Monday, Malone was officially sworn into his new position.

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Jan. 14, 2013 - Secretary of Education Matt Malone talks with Newton North Innovation Lab Director Steve Chinosi about the biodiesel development in the lab. Malone, who grew up in Newton, graduated from Newton North in 1988 along with Mayor Setti Warren. He went on to work in the Boston Public Schools and hold superintendent positions in Swampscott and Brockton.

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Jan. 14, 2013 - Secretary of Education Matt Malone, who was sworn into office Monday, talks with students in the Newton North Innovation Lab who are working on building products out of reusable grocery bags. Malone grew up in Newton Upper Falls and still works with kids at the Nonantum Boxing Club. His mother, Judy, was a former teacher and assistant superintendent in Newton.

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Jan. 14, 2013 - Secretary of Education Matt Malone tours the Newton North Innovation Lab and talks with students about a self-watering and feeding plant system. Malone, who is a former superintendent in Brockton and Swampscott, grew up in Newton Upper Falls and graduated from Newton North.

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Jan. 14, 2013 - Design, engineering and drafting students talk with Sec. of Education Matt Malone about a project they are designing for a crosswalk system in Ethiopia. The Newton North students have worked with a school in Ethiopia to figure out how to build and structure the system to fit the intersection and increase safety.

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Jan. 14, 2013 - On his first day of work, Sec. of Education Matt Malone visited his alma mater, Newton north. Malone (center) is pictured here chatting with Principal Jen Price (left), a former Boston College grad school classmate, and Vice Principal Midge Connolly (right). Malone remarked on the turf field and the smart seating at the Newton North stadium, something his former district in Swampscott had been working on.

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Jan. 14, 2012 - Newton Upper Falls native (and current Roslindale resident) Matt Malone was appointed by Gov. Deval Patrick late last year as the state's next secretary of education. For his first day on the job -- and just hours before being sworn in -- Malone visited his alma mater: Newton North High School. Malone toured the school and sat down with teachers and administrators to talk about North's efforts in closing achievement gaps in students. A classmate with Mayor Setti Warren at North in the 1980s. He was a member of the wrestling team and had a drafting major at North.

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