Educators share what teaching means to them
Teaching "lets you connect with kids in a way that can make or break them as people. It touches them more than you think.”
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District to intervene at three underperforming Boston schools
The move could stave off a state takeover of Charlestown, Madison Park and McKinley. -
Parents ask: Where's the $400 million that was promised for Boston schools?
Federal funds for pandemic relief haven't been flowing down to schools — it's more like a trickle. -
The Supreme Court is weighing Harvard’s race-conscious admissions. What’s at stake?
“For selective private and public colleges, a lot is at stake,” says higher education reporter Kirk Carapezza. -
WPI student found dead in apartment, marking the seventh death since July
School officials said they're trying to address mental health issues around campus. -
Hopkinton school board considers adding Eid al Fitr, Lunar New Year as holidays
The potential for inclusivity and a boon to mental health is being weighed against disruption. -
State launches new COVID testing program for child care, early education centers
The new “test-and-stay” program will be available by the end of January. -
When prison education went virtual, an MIT program reached new incarcerated students
MIT’s Educational Justice Institute hopes its pilot program, which brought a web design class to incarcerated women in Maine, can be replicated elsewhere. -
Despite omicron, most Mass. colleges to return to campus in person and on time
Administrators are relying on vaccine and mask mandates, and even more testing, to protect their communities. -
Boston Public School students walk out, call for remote learning
“Schools shouldn’t really be opening up at this time because the cases are high now,” said Emma Ngo, a Boston Latin eighth grader. -
Two more WPI students die, bringing total to six since July
The Worcester Polytechnic Institute deaths have raised concerns about mental health on campus.
