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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Lawsuit alleges MIT, other top schools colluded to reduce financial aid for students
Price fixing overcharged more than 170,000 students by at least hundreds of millions of dollars, according to the suit. -
School closure debates put teachers' unions front and center
Classes in Chicago were canceled for a third day on Jan. 7, 2022, amid a bitter standoff between the teachers union and public school leaders over… -
COVID-19 surge exposes Mass. educational inequities in livestreaming classes
Remote learning is a remote option in Boston while wealthier suburbs like Needham allow sick students to livestream. -
All hands on deck as Mass. schools struggle with substitute teacher shortage
As COVID-19 continues to surge, teachers have not been able to make it back to the classroom to teach in-person — but school districts don’t have enough substitute teachers to fill their places. -
Medical schools see record enrollment increase among Black students
Tufts Medical School has nearly tripled the number of its first-year students who identify as Black or African American. -
State education department to distribute 200,000 coronavirus test kits for public school staff
Officials are concerned about potential outbreaks in schools when students and staff return in January. -
Harvard professor found guilty of hiding ties to China
Charles Lieber was found guilty on all counts Tuesday after the jury deliberated for less than three hours. -
Education secretary, college leaders want colleges to stop holding transcripts over unpaid balances
U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona say withholding transcripts ‘drives inequitable outcomes.’ -
Achievement gap for Hispanic and Black third graders is getting worse in Massachusetts
Latest state data shows declines in reading proficiency during the pandemic -
Boston School Committee votes to close 3 schools in 2022
The Boston School Committee is moving forward with plans to eliminate middle schools.
