Max Larkin was an education reporter for WBUR.
Since graduating from college in 2011, he’s worked in radio and podcasting — for Open Source with Christopher Lydon — as well as with filmmaker Errol Morris. His interests include education, national security, literature and the internet.
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How Boston's Eliot School desegregated — and resegregated
Since the end of mandatory busing in 1988, white students in the Boston public schools have tended to 'cluster' once again in a small handful of select schools, due to...
The complicated history of school choice in Boston
Racially diverse schools are still elusive. Boston’s changing demographics have played a role — but so have decisions by city officials.
MIT encampment meets counterprotest, with sparks but no violence
Tensions ran high on MIT’s campus Friday as a pro-Palestinian encampment erected nearly two weeks ago was met with counterprotest across Mass. Ave.
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...
Retiring at 90, Michael Dukakis is hailed as teacher, leader and benevolent ‘nag’
The Northeastern retirement event for the former governor was part tribute and part roast. Three of his successors attended, amid a who's who of Massachusetts politicos.
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Boston set to rename a school for Ruth Batson, a force for equitable education
Batson is just the latest in her generation of Black Boston activists to be honored by a BPS school. The district’s McKinley schools were rededicated to Mel King last year.
Never mind the baseball: Red Sox home opener remains a can't-miss event
Twenty years after the 2004 Sox snapped an 86-year championship drought, fans were commemorating that improbable win, even as they worried this season will disappoint.
One teen's mission to bring images of the eclipse back to Greater Boston
For the many who'll remain far away from the eclipse's 'path of totality,' a 17-year-old science enthusiast hopes to offer a digital front row seat — in the form of...
With federal aid ending, Boston schools will see cuts — and changes — under latest budget
The end of the ESSER program, along with large and costly district priorities, make this an uncommonly complicated and painful budget. The Boston School Committee voted 5-2 Wednesday evening to...
Boston University graduate students go on strike, citing lack of progress in negotiations
Members of the BU Graduate Workers Union say contract negotiations have moved at a glacial pace, all while the costs of rent, food and child care near campus rise.