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A file photo of Beverly school buses in a parking lot. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

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Teachers go on strike in Gloucester and Beverly

The teachers' unions in the two North Shore towns separately voted to strike Thursday night. Both are advocating for better wages for paraprofessionals, parental leave benefits and smaller class sizes.

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 want solutions

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 what they said

MTA President Max Page and vice president Deb McCarthy address a crowd of supporters at the Fairmont Copley Plaza Hotel Tuesday night. (Suevon Lee/WBUR)

With MCAS exit exam scrapped, supporters say more 'authentic learning' comes next

Education

03:46Nov 6, 2024

Question 2 wins: Mass. voters end MCAS high school graduation requirement

Education

Nov 6, 2024

A Holyoke Public Schools bus. (Courtesy of Holyoke Public Schools via NEPM)

Holyoke schools to be back in local control in July 2025

Local Coverage

Oct 30, 2024

Students and faculty walk out of the Campus Center at UMass Boston. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

UMass streamlines 'free' message to working families

Education

Oct 29, 2024

Democratic presidential candidate and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg talks to supporters Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2020 in Detroit. (Carlos Osorio/AP)

Billionaire Mike Bloomberg funnels $2.5M toward opposing MCAS ballot measure

Education

New Haven rejected plans for a Black college in 1831. Generations later, it's considering an apology

Officials in New Haven, Connecticut, are considering a public apology for a decision by city leaders in 1831 to reject what would have been the nation's first Black college.

Local Coverage

Oct 28, 2024

Worcester State University on February 22, 2012. (Mark Garfinkel/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald via Getty Images)

For the first time since the pandemic, student enrollment increases in state college system

Community college growth drove most of the overall increase. Officials credit new free community college programs for the jump.

Education

Oct 23, 2024

High school students walk between classes. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

A Hingham high schooler was punished for using AI. His family is suing

The case raises questions about how schools and students should navigate murky rules around classroom work produced in the age of rapidly changing AI technology.

Education

Oct 17, 2024

Students from Brown University gathered in February to support their peers on hunger strike and push the university to divest. (Olivia Ebertz/ The Public’s Radio)

New referendum asks Brown University undergrads if they lack confidence in school leadership

The referendum comes shortly on the heels of a vote by Brown’s Corporation to not divest the university’s endowment from companies students say perpetuate human rights abuses against Palestinians.

Education

Oct 17, 2024

Veronica Tay, a lab tech and former Middlesex Community College student, removes a container of live cells from an incubator (Carrie Jung/WBUR)

Once a bridge to a bachelor's, Mass. community colleges have become career training centers

The students who are returning to community college classrooms today are less interested in earning a bachelor’s degree than years past.

Education

04:07Oct 10, 2024

Students gathered on the green at Tufts University for a rally organized by the Students for Justice in Palestine one year after the Hamas attacks on Israel. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

Pro-Palestinian protesters hold rally at Tufts 1 year after Oct. 7 attacks

About sixty pro-Palestinian protesters gathered on the Tufts academic quad Monday to demand the university end its investments or partnerships with Israel.

Education

Oct 7, 2024

Mount Wachusett Community College. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

Free community college stirs 'hope and possibility'

Gov. Maura Healey said Wednesday that close to 10,000 more students have enrolled in community colleges this fall, the first semester with the no-cost option available, and that the number...

Education

Oct 3, 2024

Pro-Palestinians students from a nearby encampment stand near a pro-Israel protest on the campus of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. (Charles Krupa/AP)

A Mass. civil liberties attorney breaks down new campus protest rules

WBUR's Morning Edition asked Harvey Silverglate, longtime civil liberties attorney and co-founder of the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, to break down changes to campus protest rules.

Education

05:12Sep 30, 2024

UMass Amherst students stage a sit-in last year inside the Whitmore Administrative Building after presenting demands to the chancellor to end what they called, "UMass Amherst's ties with war profiteers" and add to growing calls on college campuses for a cease-fire in the war in Gaza". (Jessica Rinaldi/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

Mass. colleges move to curtail protests, pivot to school-led 'civil discourse' events

Reactions to the policies were mixed, even as some colleges looked to offer other ways — like guest lectures or group exercises — for students to express their opinions. Some...

Education

04:13Sep 26, 2024

Mayor Michelle Wu greets students arriving for the first day of school. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

Mayor Wu 'conflicted' on eliminating MCAS as a graduation requirement

Wu joined WBUR's Morning Edition to talk about Question 2, the ballot measure that aims to eliminate the 10th grade MCAS as a graduation requirement. The mayor said she is...

Local Coverage

04:11Sep 25, 2024