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A sign at the entrance of Eastie Farms on Chelsea Terrace during the opening of the new greenhouse . (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

Local Coverage

Sep 26, 2023

Eastie Farm gets $1M to train young people for green jobs

East Boston’s Eastie Farm will receive a $1 million grant from the National Science Foundation to train young people for green jobs.

The Cost Of Child Care

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

Most child care centers, like this one in Waltham, closed down in March 2020 as a precaution against the spread of COVID-19. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

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

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

Teacher Mandy He works on counting with students at the Acorn Center for Early Education & Care at the Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

Why child care in Massachusetts costs so much

Deneen Coren plays with 22-month-old Tsifira. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

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

Current and former early educators in Massachusetts. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

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

Upcoming forums will mark 50 years since the Boston school integration ruling. Here’s what to know.

Education

Sep 26, 2023

Ibram X. Kendi, director of Boston University's Center for Antiracist Research, photographed on Oct. 21, 2020, in Boston. (Steven Senne/AP)

BU launches inquiry into 'management culture' at Center for Antiracist Research

Education

Sep 21, 2023

Gasson Hall at Boston College. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

Boston College suspends swimming and diving program over hazing

Local Coverage

Sep 21, 2023

Salem High School student Emily Pimentel unlocks her phone at the end of the school day. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

Why some Mass. schools made the call to lock up student phones

Education

04:37Sep 20, 2023

New Superintendent of Boston Public Schools Mary Skipper addresses the news media at a press conference at TechBoston Academy in Dorchester. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

10 Boston public schools offering AP African American Studies this year

Local Coverage

State education officials say pandemic achievement slide among test takers has 'halted'

While MCAS scores have stopped dropping, there’s still a “lot of ground to make up” before they regain their pre-pandemic levels, according to Rob Curtin, head of assessment and accountability...

Education

Sep 19, 2023

A teacher from Samaritans teaches a health class at the John D. Runkle School in Brookline, Massachusetts in 2015. (Hadley Green for WBUR)

Mass. board of education approves first health curriculum update since 1999

The Board of Elementary and Secondary Education unanimously voted to adopt a new set of curriculum frameworks on health and sex education that is intended to be more inclusive of...

Education

Sep 19, 2023

A basket of clams studied through Indigenous-based science as part of the new UMass research center. (Courtesy of Marco Hatch., Western Washington University via NEPM)

Indigenous science to be focus at UMass Amherst center on climate change research

A new $30 million federally-funded center at the University of Massachusetts Amherst will connect Native and western scientists at 8 international hubs and involve 57 Indigenous communities.

Environment

Sep 8, 2023

Students file into the John D. O’Bryant School on the first day of school. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

Heat, long commutes don't dampen BPS spirit on first day back to school

About 40,000 Boston Public School students in first to twelfth grades went back to school Thursday in hot and humid conditions. The district kicked off the school year with more...

Education

Sep 7, 2023

What you need to know about Boston Public Schools

We break down everything from how to enroll your children, why Boston has school choice and what to know about charter and exam schools.

Education

Sep 7, 2023

Teacher John Barry uses a fan to cool off his fourth grade classroom at the Mary Curley K-8 school in Jamaica Plain on the first day of school in 2016. (David L. Ryan/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

What's changed at Boston Public Schools this year, by the numbers

Tens of thousands of BPS students start school today, amid a citywide heat emergency. Here's a breakdown of the progress the district has made on school air conditioners, bus drivers...

Education

Sep 7, 2023

Bused black schoolchildren arrive with police escort at South Boston High School during court-ordered desegregation crisis, South Boston, Massachusetts, 1974. (Spencer Grant/Getty Images)

Nearly 50 years after the Boston busing crisis, a new initiative examines its history and legacy

In the lead up to the 50-year anniversary of the Boston busing crisis, a group of more than three dozen community leaders are launching a new three-year initiative to remember...

Education

04:22Sep 7, 2023

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, and Superintendent of Boston Public Schools, Mary Skipper chart while riding a school bus. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

Wu, Skipper go door-knocking to help get kids back in school

The effort was part of an annual event to curb chronic absenteeism — defined as when students miss at least 18 days of school in an academic year. Missing that...

Education

Sep 6, 2023

The Boston Public Schools headquarters at the Bruce Bolling Municipal Building in Roxbury. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

Boston plans to keep schools open during expected heat wave

Temperatures are expected to climb into the mid 90s on Thursday, the first day back for Boston students.

Education

Sep 6, 2023

Children play in the Rings Fountain at the Greenway on a hot day. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

Some Western Mass. school districts opt to end classes early during heat wave

Massachusetts schools without air conditioning are struggling to keep classrooms comfortable during the early September heat wave.

Education

Sep 6, 2023