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A sign reminding students to wear face masks and follow a set directional pattern are seen in the stairway of a Boston high school in February 2021. (Photo by Erin Clark/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

On advice of city health commission, Boston will end mask mandate in schools

The announcement that the in-school mandate is ending came mixed with messages of praise for its effectiveness.

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

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

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

Why child care in Massachusetts costs so much

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

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

Superintendent finalist vows to 'lean' on others to foster understanding inside Boston public schools

Mass. education official wants Boston schools labeled 'underperforming'

Boston Public Schools superintendent candidate speaks of 'calling' to education

Boston city and school officials push back on state's 'unrealistic timelines' for reforms

Bishop punishes Worcester school over Black Lives Matter, Pride flags

The Diocese of Worcester has told a local middle school that it can no longer identify itself as a Catholic school because it disobeyed the bishop's order to take down...

State and city plans for Boston school reform offer competing visions

In the two competing draft plans for achieving that improvement, the state itself is cast in very different roles. Riley's draft imagines the state primarily as overseer and enforcer, while...

Video game design gets Boston high schoolers back in the learning game

Video games and school work are two things that don’t usually go hand in hand. But for a group of high schoolers in Dorchester, gaming is the assignment.

Report: To expand, diversify biotech industry, look beyond the 4-year-degree

A biotech industry report suggests employers are paying more attention to candidates without 4-year-degrees.

Speaking at Harvard, Garland issues call to public service in wake of shootings

Attorney General Merrick Garland told Harvard graduates Sunday that their generation has been asked to show "an impossible kind of resilience" after yet another mass shooting at another school.

Facing a potential state takeover, Boston promises 'urgent' improvements in its schools

Under the terms of the draft agreement, Massachusetts' largest school district would have to move quickly tackle problems raised by a state review: late school buses, unclean bathrooms, unclean data...

Education

07:12May 27, 2022

Teacher Kathleen Giffels writes down her thoughts onto a legal pad during the memorial service in Copley Square remembering the victims of the school shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

Local teachers unions say Texas school shooting takes a heavy toll

Teachers unions say instructors are grappling with how to process this tragedy and help students through residual trauma from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Education

May 26, 2022

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern reacts after receiving an honorary degree before speaking at Harvard's 371st Commencement, Thursday, May 26, 2022, in Cambridge. (Mary Schwalm/AP)

New Zealand PM warns of disinformation during Harvard speech

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern told Harvard University gradates that the flood of disinformation spread and amplified on social media represents a threat to fragile democracies.

Education

May 26, 2022

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On advice of city health commission, Boston will end mask mandate in schools

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

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

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

Why child care in Massachusetts costs so much

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

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

Superintendent finalist vows to 'lean' on others to foster understanding inside Boston public schools

Mass. education official wants Boston schools labeled 'underperforming'

Boston Public Schools superintendent candidate speaks of 'calling' to education

Boston city and school officials push back on state's 'unrealistic timelines' for reforms

Two local finalists emerge to become Boston's next superintendent of schools

Bishop punishes Worcester school over Black Lives Matter, Pride flags

State and city plans for Boston school reform offer competing visions

Video game design gets Boston high schoolers back in the learning game

Report: To expand, diversify biotech industry, look beyond the 4-year-degree

Speaking at Harvard, Garland issues call to public service in wake of shootings

Facing a potential state takeover, Boston promises 'urgent' improvements in its schools

Local teachers unions say Texas school shooting takes a heavy toll

New Zealand PM warns of disinformation during Harvard speech