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State police line the perimeter of the Dartmouth Green as a crowd gathered to protest Israel's war in Gaza Wednesday night. (Olivia Richardson/NHPR)

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In N.H., police arrest dozens at Palestinian solidarity protests at Dartmouth and UNH

Officers with the New Hampshire State Police and local police departments arrested more than 100 protesters at Dartmouth College and the University of New Hampshire Wednesday night, after groups on both campuses tried to set up encampments protesting the war in Gaza.

The Cost Of Child Care

Child care is in crisis. Here's what's being done about it

Most child care centers, like this one in Waltham, closed down in March 2020 as a precaution against the spread of COVID-19. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

Child care is a problem for employers, too. Now more of them...

One woman's story about affording child care, while working in early education

Teacher Mandy He works on counting with students at the Acorn Center for Early Education & Care at the Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

Why child care in Massachusetts costs so much

Deneen Coren plays with 22-month-old Tsifira. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

How child care can build kids' brains, one interaction at a time

Current and former early educators in Massachusetts. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

We asked 8 child care workers about their joys and frustrations. Here's...

The encampment at Tufts University on the morning of May 1, 2024. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

How Boston-area schools are handling campus encampments

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May 1, 2024

Students walk on the campus of Boston College, Monday, April 29, 2024, in Boston. While many colleges and universities in the Boston area have been scenes of encampments and arrests, Boston College has been relatively quiet. (Charles Krupa/AP)

Student protests take over some campuses. But at other universities, attention is elsewhere

Education

May 1, 2024

A rose in a water bottle hangs with protester signs along the barrier at the pro-Palestinian camp at MIT. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

Boston city council adopts Gaza cease-fire resolution

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May 1, 2024

The New England Institute of Art, in Brookline in 2016. (Collin Binkley/AP)

U.S. Department of Education discharges loans for New England Institute of Art students

Education

May 1, 2024

Brown University students react after a deal was reached with administrators to disband the encampment on April 30, 2024. (Olivia Ebertz/The Public's Radio)

Student protesters, administrators at Brown University reach deal to clear encampment

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Tufts warns encamped students: Leave or face discipline

Tufts University issued an ultimatum to the students camped on its campus: Clear out or face the consequences.

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Apr 30, 2024

The Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education in Malden. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

School districts look to state for guidance on LGBTQ student issues

Local school leaders say some of the resources they have received from the state education department have been helpful, but want more guidance on navigating the conversation around gender identity...

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Apr 30, 2024

In protest of the war in Gaza, students at the University of Massachusetts Amherst established a tent encampment April 29, 2024. (Jill Kaufman/NEPM)

UMass: Students protesting the war in Gaza dismantle tent encampment

About 30 tents — with more available — were set up Monday morning as University of Massachusetts Amherst students called the school to divest from companies they say support Israel....

Education

Apr 30, 2024

Tents and a protest mural at the student protest camp on the Green at Tufts University. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

Tufts administrators wait out campus protesters as graduation looms

School officials say they won't meet with student protesters until some two dozen tents are removed from the quad.

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Apr 29, 2024

The New School students and pro-Palestinian supporters rally outside The New School University Center building, Monday, April 22, 2024, in New York. (Mary Altaffer/AP)

The protests over the Israel-Hamas war put a spotlight on college endowments

College and university endowments hold hundreds of billions of dollars in assets. Now, campus protests are bringing attention to who controls university endowments and how decisions about those investments get...

Education

Apr 26, 2024

Police and pro-Palestinian supporters face off after the Emerson College Palestinian protest camp was cleared by police in Boston, Massachusetts, on April 25, 2024. (Photo by Joseph Prezioso/AFP via Getty Images)

118 arrested as police forcibly clear Emerson encampment protesting war in Gaza

Boston police arrested more than 100 people near Emerson College overnight as officers forcibly cleared a tent encampment. Demonstrators had set up their tents in solidarity with a broader movement...

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04:42Apr 25, 2024

Harvard University police patrol the scene where protesters set up tents in front of the John Harvard Statue in Harvard Yard during a rally in support of the suspended pro-Palestinian group. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

Harvard students prop up tents to protest war in Gaza and suspension of campus group

The events at Harvard unfolded as similar activism across campuses in Greater Boston and the U.S. drew national attention and comparisons to Vietnam-era student protest movements. The actions largely called...

Education

04:53Apr 24, 2024

Students at an elementary school in West Springfield, Massachusetts. (Jill Kaufman/NEPM)

Mass. school districts will receive $8.6 million more for low-income students after data correction

The amounts allotted vary widely. In the western part of the state, Springfield Public Schools will see an additional $587,478, while North Adams is expected to receive an additional $7,557.

Education

Apr 22, 2024

Senate President Karen Spilka sits in the Senate chamber ahead of delivering inaugural remarks on Jan. 4, 2023.

Spilka embraces free community college, juvenile jurisdiction reform

At Monday's Boston Chamber of Commerce forum, Senate President Karen Spilka spoke about plants to make community college free to all students, to make a "forceful" call in support of...

Education

Apr 22, 2024

Students compost in the lunch room of Morse Pond School. (Mary B. Ryther via CAI).

Falmouth schools ramp up efforts to compost food waste

Students at all seven public schools in Falmouth will be composting by the end of this school year. The district is joining other schools across the region that have launched...

Education

Apr 18, 2024