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

Here's what we know about the early college expansion at Boston's Fenway High School

The pilot program allows students to enroll in an extra year of high school to continue taking UMass Boston college courses for free and receive academic support from high school staff.

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu speaks during a Democratic election night party on Nov. 8 in Boston. (Michael Dwyer/AP)

A rundown of housing policies announced during Wu's State of the City

Wu sets sights on housing, schools in first State of the City address

Newton school officials say tax increase would supply ‘critical funding’ to spare teacher cuts

'Ambitious and attainable': Mass. school officials defend new school accountability plan

Harvard completes repatriation of Native remains to Wampanoag tribes

There is a light that never goes out in a Wilbraham school

The lights in a Wilbraham school have been on for more than a year-and-a-half thanks to a computer glitch and the global supply chain delay, according to local officials.

Former Senate President Thomas Birmingham, known for landmark education law, dies at 73

A Chelsea Democrat, and union lawyer, Birmingham, ascended to the Senate presidency after helping to write the state's landmark 1993 education reform law. He worked with the Pioneer Institute in...

More Massachusetts districts are switching to electric school buses

With the help of federal grants and new financing arrangements, more Massachusetts school districts have electric buses in their transportation fleets.

Report recommends Boston schools rebuild relations with police

A safety-focused report prepared by the Council for the Great City Schools for Boston Public Schools weighs the re-establishment of an internal police department.

Harvard changes course, offers fellowship to rights activist

Harvard University announced Thursday that it plans to offer a fellowship to a leading human rights activist after its initial denial sparked widespread criticism.

An overwhelming number of Bostonians are ready for an elected school committee. Is Mayor Wu?

Although Boston in 2021 voted overwhelmingly to restore an elected school committee, signs of a slowdown have frustrated some advocates and city council members, who say they will continue to...

Bay State College loses accreditation, plans to appeal

Staff at the small, for-profit college say even accelerated action on behalf of the accrediting agency came too late.

There's a frustrating tangle of causes behind Boston's school transportation problem

The report emphasized just how far the district has to go before it has an efficient and reliable school transportation system.

Harvard rescinds fellowship offer to leading rights activist

Kenneth Roth, who headed Human Rights Watch until recently, was recruited last year by the school to become a fellow. He accepted. But a few weeks later, Roth said the...

As UMass Boston and Chelsea schools institute mask mandate, other districts are slow to follow

Though several large K-12 public school districts in Massachusetts have recommended students and staff wear masks after returning to class from winter break, they have stopped short of requiring them.

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Jan 9, 2023

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