Salem schools superintendent will replace Tutwiler as state education secretary
Massachusetts’ current Education Secretary Patrick Tutwiler was one of Gov. Maura Healey’s first appointees when she was elected to office.
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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. -
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.
