The Massachusetts House passed a sweeping early literacy reform bill this week by a vote of 155-0 — despite opposition from the state's largest teacher's union. As the legislation moves to the Senate, here's what to know about the debate.
The survey gathered responses from nearly 32,000 people across all 50 states. It revealed that opinions on various policy changes under the Trump administration and the promise of higher education...
Last week, the MacArthur Foundation announced that Harvard math professor Lauren K. Williams is among this year's so-called "genius grants" recipients. Williams told WBUR's Dan Guzman the award feels surreal...
The “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education” asked nine universities to meet a variety of demands, from banning the consideration of race and gender in admissions decisions, to requiring...
Boston's summer learning student participation saw an increase of 1,300 more kids served from last year, reaching an all-time high of around 18,000.
In a poll young adults in Massachusetts favored a statewide requirement for high school graduation such as passing required courses with at least a D grade or passing financial literacy...
It’s the first year the public university is offering free tuition for Massachusetts residents from households making $75,000 or less. UMass Boston Chancellor Marcelo Suárez-Orozco said the school is “just...
The proposed agreement asks universities, including MIT, Brown and Dartmouth, to accept the government's definition of gender and apply it to campus bathrooms, locker rooms and women’s sports teams. It...
The effort from the U.S. Health and Human Services relies on a procedure to strip entities from “doing business with the federal government.”
Unlike public institutions, private universities often don't have to disclose arrest records or incident reports. At Brown University, the ACLU is representing two journalists who were both denied their public...
Overall, about 42% of the state's students met testing expectations — compared to about half of all students before the pandemic.
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