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Tom Hanks at the Governors Awards on Saturday, Nov. 19, 2022, at Fairmont Century Plaza in Los Angeles (Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)

Tom Hanks named Harvard's 2023 commencement speaker

Harvard President Lawrence Bacow called the two-time Academy Award winning actor “a true master of his craft.” Hanks will be the principal speaker at Harvard's commencement on May 25.

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

Mount Washington Valley Career and Technical Center in North Conway is helping students get certified in bike tech, wilderness first aid and other skills needed for the field. (Casey McDermott/NHPR)

How a school in the White Mountains is training students to work in the growing outdoor tourism industry

Bay State College loses appeal, will be stripped of accreditation this summer

Former N.H. attorney general is Biden's pick for appeals court. He faces rare Democratic scrutiny

Boston school officials tout new accountability measures in proposed bus contract

With tax override defeated, Newton leaders fear student impacts

In non-binding vote, Wellesley College students back opening admissions to transgender men, nonbinary applicants

On Tuesday, students at Wellesley College voted in support of allowing transgender men and nonbinary people eligibility for admission. While college officials acknowledged the results of the student-run, non-binding vote,...

Education

Mar 15, 2023

Preston Reid, 38, stands with his father, Pershing Reid, 72, at a job fair in Greenfield, Massachusetts. Pershing Reid is looking for a job driving a van or a bus, but he doesn't have the digital skills to submit an application online, so his son assists him. (Nancy Eve Cohen/NEPM)

Uploading a resume is a barrier to employment for some job seekers, even during a labor shortage

Almost all businesses — including those paying minimum wage — require people to apply online. But not all job seekers have a computer, internet access or the digital know-how to...

Local Coverage

07:21Mar 15, 2023

A snowplow clears snow from Storrow Drive. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

The timing and impacts of Tuesday's storm, as snow moves east

Massachusetts' winter storm is expected to hit certain parts of the state differently. Here's the full rundown, from snow maps and power outages to school closures and travel impacts. Plus,...

Local Coverage

Mar 14, 2023

Teachers from Shaw Pauline A. Elementary School huddle up in a fourth-grade classroom. From left: Morgan Keohane, Tracy Curtin and Sabine Ferdinand. (Courtesy Emily Piper-Vallillo)

Shaw-Taylor merger paves way for new ‘world-class’ school, officials say

If all goes as school leaders hope for, the new school will be the 10th one built in Boston over the past 40 years, and the first in Mattapan and...

Education

Mar 14, 2023

Malcolm X sits for a portrait in London on Feb. 9, 1965, after he was refused entry into France. (Victor Boynton/AP)

College removes partial Malcolm X quote that sparked protest

The University of Rhode Island has removed a partial Malcolm X quote from the facade of its main library that some people say misrepresented the civil rights leader’s full message.

Education

Mar 11, 2023

Newton North High School, in a 2010 file photo (Monica Brady-Myerov/WBUR)

Newton set to vote on $15 million tax override

Newton voters on Tuesday must decide whether to increase their own property taxes. Residents in the town are being asked to vote on three measures which would increase the town’s...

Education

Mar 10, 2023

Exterior view of a Bay State College building at 31 St. James Avenue. (David L. Ryan/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

Bay State College faces eviction over $720,000 unpaid rent claim

The rent dispute is the latest development in weeks of unraveling at the state’s only for-profit four-year college, which was stripped of its accreditation in January, pending an upcoming appeal.

Local Coverage

Mar 9, 2023

The campus of UMass Amherst in Amherst, Massachusetts. (Nirvani Williams/NEPM)

UMass to adjust alcohol education amid popularity of TikTok drinking trend

The school's announcement to enhance messaging to students about alcohol consumption comes after almost 30 students had to be transported by ambulance to the hospital over the weekend.

Education

Mar 7, 2023

A woman receives a COVID-19 test at the Whittier Street Health Center's mobile test site, July 15, 2020, in Dorchester. (Elise Amendola/AP)

Mass. is winding down its remaining free COVID test sites this month

Almost exactly a year after Massachusetts first began winding down the free “Stop the Spread” testing program, the last 11 sites will close by the end of the month. Demand...

Local Coverage

Mar 6, 2023

UMass Amherst unions question university plan to privatize more than 100 jobs

Employees working for the university's advancement office risk losing their union benefits, including state pension and future contributions, under the university's plans to move to a private foundation. While officials...

Education

Mar 6, 2023

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Tom Hanks named Harvard's 2023 commencement speaker

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

How a school in the White Mountains is training students to work in the growing outdoor tourism industry

Bay State College loses appeal, will be stripped of accreditation this summer

Former N.H. attorney general is Biden's pick for appeals court. He faces rare Democratic scrutiny

Boston school officials tout new accountability measures in proposed bus contract

With tax override defeated, Newton leaders fear student impacts

In non-binding vote, Wellesley College students back opening admissions to transgender men, nonbinary applicants

Uploading a resume is a barrier to employment for some job seekers, even during a labor shortage

The timing and impacts of Tuesday's storm, as snow moves east

Shaw-Taylor merger paves way for new ‘world-class’ school, officials say

College removes partial Malcolm X quote that sparked protest

Newton set to vote on $15 million tax override

Bay State College faces eviction over $720,000 unpaid rent claim

UMass to adjust alcohol education amid popularity of TikTok drinking trend

Mass. is winding down its remaining free COVID test sites this month

UMass Amherst unions question university plan to privatize more than 100 jobs