Samuele Petruccelli

BU Fellow

Samuele Petruccelli is an education reporter and Boston University fellow at WBUR.

He is currently a student at Boston University studying journalism with the College of Communications and economics with the College of Arts and Sciences.

Samuele was previously a general assignment reporter with The Island 360, associate editor at The Daily Free Press and freelance journalist with The Dorchester Reporter. Via a university partnership, he also contributed to The Boston Globe's Newton section. Sam is a member of Investigative Reporters and Editors and la Asociación Nacional de Periodistas Hispanos.

Recently published

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu (second from right) joined several others in symbolically breaking ground at a mixed-use development in Allston (Samuele Petruccelli/WBUR)

Wu, others celebrate new Harvard mixed-use project underway in Allston

The project, which actually broke ground in June, is slated to revitalize convert a sprawling 14 acres of land along Western Avenue into a mix of housing, commercial, hotel and...

Local Coverage

Nov 1, 2023

The Pierce Middle School in Milton. (Pat Greenhouse/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

In Milton, a new school committee hopes to put the past behind them

Fresh off a school committee election, Milton education officials said they hope the district can cool from a period of anxiety and tackle a slate of contentious issues.

Education

May 4, 2023

A Boston Public Schools bus traveling down Dorchester Avenue. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

New MassINC poll shows Boston parents concerned for kids' safety at school

Two out of three Boston Public Schools parents are concerned about their child’s physical safety while in school, according to a new survey by the MassINC Polling Group. Most of...

Education

Apr 25, 2023

A push for diversity amongst Massachusetts teachers

Right now, nearly 90 percent of the state's public school teachers are White.

Radio Boston

08:39Apr 18, 2023

Junior Lorena Minikowski at Lowell High School. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

Teachers in Mass. are mostly white. A Lowell program is trying to change that

Lowell Public Schools have teamed up with the University of Massachusetts Lowell to offer college credit and potential scholarships to high schoolers interested in teaching. It’s a push for students...

Education

05:34Apr 7, 2023

Newton North High School, in a 2010 file photo (Monica Brady-Myerov/WBUR)

With tax override defeated, Newton leaders fear student impacts

Newton voters split on three ballot questions during a special election on Tuesday. Residents agreed to a temporary tax increase to overhaul two elementary schools but declined a Proposition 2...

Education

Mar 15, 2023

Newton set to vote on $15 million tax override

Newton voters on Tuesday must decide whether to increase their own property taxes. Residents in the town are being asked to vote on three measures which would increase the town’s...

Education

Mar 10, 2023

Mayor Michelle Wu smiles during her ride in the first electric school bus added to the Boston Public Schools’ fleet. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

Mayor touts Boston’s electric school bus pilot program as ‘largest of its kind’ in the Northeast

Boston schools plan to keep adding electric school buses until its entire fleet is fully electric by a target date of 2030. For now, the pilot program will serve around...

Education

Feb 6, 2023

Admissions policy at Mass. vocational schools target of new federal civil rights complaint

The complaint asks the U.S. DOE’s Office for Civil Rights to investigate the state’s policy of vocational school admissions and withhold funding until state officials implement a more equitable system...

Education

Feb 2, 2023

Newton school officials say tax increase would supply ‘critical funding’ to spare teacher cuts

Newton school officials are developing two budgets in preparation for a city-wide special election this March that asks residents to approve a property tax increase to fund schools.

Education

Jan 25, 2023