Suevon Lee is a WBUR correspondent reporting on education.
Suevon previously served as WBUR's assistant managing editor of education. She joined WBUR in May 2022 from Honolulu Civil Beat, where since 2017 she covered K-12 education in Hawaii. She has an extensive background in print and online journalism, with a focus on beat and enterprise reporting and a special interest in community-based journalism.
She previously covered courts and legal issues for the Ocala Star-Banner and Law360, served as editor-in-chief of KoreAm Journal, and was a reporting intern at ProPublica.
Suevon received her bachelor’s degree in English from University of Maryland, College Park. She has a master’s in journalism from Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism and a master of studies in law from Yale Law School.
Originally from D.C. and now based in Boston, she enjoys hikes, green spaces, the ocean and exploring the local food and music scene.
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Boston school bus vendor hit with nearly $70K fine for late April buses
Boston Public Schools can fine Transdev $500 for each instance a bus is more than an hour late for pick-up or doesn't appear, according to the most recent contract. In...
World Cup kicks off lessons, competition for Chelsea classrooms
With Boston serving as a World Cup host city, educators are capitalizing on the global moment to make it a learning opportunity for kids.
Wu cancels speech to Harvard Law graduates as grad workers picket commencement
The Harvard Graduate Student Union has been on strike since April 21. Negotiations with the university on proposals that include higher wages and protections for non-citizen workers have been unsuccessful...
Harvard faculty votes to limit A's in undergrad courses
Nearly 70% of participating faculty voted “yes” to the proposal to cap the amount of A’s to 20% of students enrolled in a class, plus four more due to the...
At Harvard, an A could no longer be a grade 'everyone expects'
Harvard faculty are voting this week on a proposal to cap the number of A grades awarded in undergraduate courses in order to address the rampant issue of grade inflation...
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Harvard graduate students picket as union goes on strike
Negotiations between the graduate student union and the Harvard administration have dragged on since February 2025. Union members voted for a strike, demanding Harvard pay them more.
Boston school officials fined bus vendor $105K last month for late or missed trips
WBUR first reported that BPS could have fined Transdev over $1 million for more than 3,000 blown trips this year — but hadn’t issued any penalty. But now the district...
Hampshire College in Amherst will permanently close in the fall
Founded in 1965 as a campus determined to "radically reimagine liberal arts education," the small liberal arts college started facing significant financial headwinds seven years ago. It failed to find...
BU president pauses removal of pride flags, reversing position
The pause follows weeks of public backlash by faculty members and others over the administration’s enforcement of a policy it defended as “content neutral.”
Boston Public Schools hadn't until now fined bus vendor for thousands of 'uncovered trips'
Boston School transportation officials faced scrutiny during a city council hearing Tuesday that revealed the district hadn't fined the school bus vendor for 3,100 uncovered rides that left parents and...