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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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...
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'Very fed up': Boston parents fume over chronically late school buses
Boston parents have long complained about delayed or no-show buses, but some say the problem has never been worse than it is now. And according to data provided to WBUR...
Boston School Committee passes $1.7 billion budget that includes staff cuts, as some call for an audit
The Boston School Committee unanimously passed next year's budget, which includes hundreds of staff cuts. But some school committee members expressed concern about how money is being spent — and...
Following outcry, BU president defends removing pride flags
Gilliam’s remarks come days after several faculty members sent her a letter decrying the removal of pride flags from several windows, including one at the Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies...
BU faculty decry removal of pride flags from campus offices
Some faculty members believe university officials are suppressing free speech or expression around certain causes in direct response to the federal government’s crackdown on diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.
Boston schools notch graduation rate record
Boston Public Schools improved graduation rate coincides with one of the lowest dropout rates of 3.6% of students. That’s the lowest it’s been aside from the pandemic-impacted year of 2020-21,...