WBUR's Morning EditionLocal content from WBUR's Morning Edition broadcastsAs literacy screening becomes a requirement in Mass., a look at what impact it makes in schoolsA new state mandate requiring twice-a-year literacy screenings for kids in grades K-3 starting next year is intended to help school districts pinpoint what additional reading supports they can offer...PlayEducation04:13Dec 20, 2022Bids and buses: Why districts worry as competition plummets in school bus industrySchool districts say they now face fewer choices, worries about steeper prices and more frustrated phone calls from families. A slim number are now moving to control busing themselves.PlayEducation04:45Nov 2, 2022Advertisement What's behind the spike in childhood anxiety and depression in MassachusettsIn Massachusetts the share of kids ages 3 to 17 who had a clinical diagnosis of anxiety or depression reached 18% in 2020, higher than the national rate of 11.8%.PlayEducation06:29Aug 19, 2022School principals want more support in their demanding roles, report showsBurnout among school principals is common and new data indicates retention in the profession is not getting that much better, especially amid the COVID-19 pandemic.PlayEducation05:41Aug 16, 2022Students juggling added pressures like jobs, anxiety seek out alternative high schoolsWith more flexible hours and self-paced learning, some alternative schools are seeing new interest from students coping with financial and emotional impacts of the pandemic.PlayEducation04:29Jul 19, 2022Child care is in crisis. Here's what's being done about itThe pandemic has made child care problems harder to ignore. Business leaders and politicians began to see them not as a private burden for families, but as an urgent public...PlayEducation07:02Jun 17, 2022Child care is a problem for employers, too. Now more of them want solutions"I don't think that employers see it so much as their responsibility, as much as they see it as their enlightened self-interest because they desperately need workers," says Tom Weber,...PlayEducation05:09Jun 15, 2022Why child care in Massachusetts costs so muchAt over $20,000 a year, the average price of infant care in Massachusetts is the highest among the 50 states.PlayEducation04:44Jun 14, 2022How child care can build kids' brains, one interaction at a timeThe most rapid brain development happens in the first five years of life, and evidence suggests back-and-forth interactions between children and their caregivers play a pivotal role. PlayEducation04:49Jun 14, 2022We asked 8 child care workers about their joys and frustrations. Here's what they saidStaffing shortages and turnover have been problems in early education for years, but the pandemic took those issues from bad to worse. The child care workforce in Massachusetts is now...PlayEducation09:05Jun 13, 2022Video game design gets Boston high schoolers back in the learning gameVideo games and school work are two things that don’t usually go hand in hand. But for a group of high schoolers in Dorchester, gaming is the assignment. PlayEducation03:41Jun 2, 2022Facing a potential state takeover, Boston promises 'urgent' improvements in its schoolsUnder the terms of the draft agreement, Massachusetts' largest school district would have to move quickly tackle problems raised by a state review: late school buses, unclean bathrooms, unclean data...PlayEducation07:12May 27, 2022Schools have policies to stop child sexual abuse. Advocates say they have too many weak spotsCharges against a former Brookline teacher have reignited discussions about what is needed to prevent sexual abuse from happening in schools.PlayEducation06:37May 3, 2022With masks now optional, Mass. students are learning to adjustWe checked in with a few kids recently to see how students are adjusting to new mask-optional policies at school. PlayEducation03:33Mar 18, 2022School mental health program eases transition from hospital to classroomPsychiatric hospitalizations have increased across the U.S. for teens struggling with suicidal ideation and other mental health challenges. But after they leave the hospital, teens face what’s often a daunting...PlayEducation07:42Mar 16, 2022The government dropped its case against Gang Chen. Scientists still see damage doneResearchers working in the United States say the China Initiative has harmed both their fellow scientists and science itself — as a global cooperative endeavor. But as U.S.-China tensions remain...PlayEducation04:41Feb 16, 2022As Mass. moves to relax mask rules, students say COVID is still taking a toll"I haven’t learned anything when going to school," said senior Thy Nguyen. "And so I think that’s why many of us don’t have motivation anymore." PlayEducation04:34Feb 14, 2022MIT president will leave behind complicated legacyWBUR’s Max Larkin joined Morning Edition host Rupa Shenoy to discuss.PlayEducation04:48Feb 11, 2022Mass. will stop requiring masks in public schools. It's an uneasy milestone for manyState officials are phasing out the mask mandate in Massachusetts public schools — and reactions are reliably mixed. PlayEducation03:05Feb 10, 2022With cases surging, Massachusetts officials will 'pivot' on COVID testing in schoolsAs he announced plans to provide free rapid antigen tests to schools and childcare providers starting next week, Gov. Charlie Baker spoke of a strategic “pivot”: away from cost-intensive and...PlayEducation05:02Jan 20, 2022Next Page
As literacy screening becomes a requirement in Mass., a look at what impact it makes in schoolsA new state mandate requiring twice-a-year literacy screenings for kids in grades K-3 starting next year is intended to help school districts pinpoint what additional reading supports they can offer...PlayEducation04:13Dec 20, 2022
Bids and buses: Why districts worry as competition plummets in school bus industrySchool districts say they now face fewer choices, worries about steeper prices and more frustrated phone calls from families. A slim number are now moving to control busing themselves.PlayEducation04:45Nov 2, 2022
What's behind the spike in childhood anxiety and depression in MassachusettsIn Massachusetts the share of kids ages 3 to 17 who had a clinical diagnosis of anxiety or depression reached 18% in 2020, higher than the national rate of 11.8%.PlayEducation06:29Aug 19, 2022
School principals want more support in their demanding roles, report showsBurnout among school principals is common and new data indicates retention in the profession is not getting that much better, especially amid the COVID-19 pandemic.PlayEducation05:41Aug 16, 2022
Students juggling added pressures like jobs, anxiety seek out alternative high schoolsWith more flexible hours and self-paced learning, some alternative schools are seeing new interest from students coping with financial and emotional impacts of the pandemic.PlayEducation04:29Jul 19, 2022
Child care is in crisis. Here's what's being done about itThe pandemic has made child care problems harder to ignore. Business leaders and politicians began to see them not as a private burden for families, but as an urgent public...PlayEducation07:02Jun 17, 2022
Child care is a problem for employers, too. Now more of them want solutions"I don't think that employers see it so much as their responsibility, as much as they see it as their enlightened self-interest because they desperately need workers," says Tom Weber,...PlayEducation05:09Jun 15, 2022
Why child care in Massachusetts costs so muchAt over $20,000 a year, the average price of infant care in Massachusetts is the highest among the 50 states.PlayEducation04:44Jun 14, 2022
How child care can build kids' brains, one interaction at a timeThe most rapid brain development happens in the first five years of life, and evidence suggests back-and-forth interactions between children and their caregivers play a pivotal role. PlayEducation04:49Jun 14, 2022
We asked 8 child care workers about their joys and frustrations. Here's what they saidStaffing shortages and turnover have been problems in early education for years, but the pandemic took those issues from bad to worse. The child care workforce in Massachusetts is now...PlayEducation09:05Jun 13, 2022
Video game design gets Boston high schoolers back in the learning gameVideo games and school work are two things that don’t usually go hand in hand. But for a group of high schoolers in Dorchester, gaming is the assignment. PlayEducation03:41Jun 2, 2022
Facing a potential state takeover, Boston promises 'urgent' improvements in its schoolsUnder the terms of the draft agreement, Massachusetts' largest school district would have to move quickly tackle problems raised by a state review: late school buses, unclean bathrooms, unclean data...PlayEducation07:12May 27, 2022
Schools have policies to stop child sexual abuse. Advocates say they have too many weak spotsCharges against a former Brookline teacher have reignited discussions about what is needed to prevent sexual abuse from happening in schools.PlayEducation06:37May 3, 2022
With masks now optional, Mass. students are learning to adjustWe checked in with a few kids recently to see how students are adjusting to new mask-optional policies at school. PlayEducation03:33Mar 18, 2022
School mental health program eases transition from hospital to classroomPsychiatric hospitalizations have increased across the U.S. for teens struggling with suicidal ideation and other mental health challenges. But after they leave the hospital, teens face what’s often a daunting...PlayEducation07:42Mar 16, 2022
The government dropped its case against Gang Chen. Scientists still see damage doneResearchers working in the United States say the China Initiative has harmed both their fellow scientists and science itself — as a global cooperative endeavor. But as U.S.-China tensions remain...PlayEducation04:41Feb 16, 2022
As Mass. moves to relax mask rules, students say COVID is still taking a toll"I haven’t learned anything when going to school," said senior Thy Nguyen. "And so I think that’s why many of us don’t have motivation anymore." PlayEducation04:34Feb 14, 2022
MIT president will leave behind complicated legacyWBUR’s Max Larkin joined Morning Edition host Rupa Shenoy to discuss.PlayEducation04:48Feb 11, 2022
Mass. will stop requiring masks in public schools. It's an uneasy milestone for manyState officials are phasing out the mask mandate in Massachusetts public schools — and reactions are reliably mixed. PlayEducation03:05Feb 10, 2022
With cases surging, Massachusetts officials will 'pivot' on COVID testing in schoolsAs he announced plans to provide free rapid antigen tests to schools and childcare providers starting next week, Gov. Charlie Baker spoke of a strategic “pivot”: away from cost-intensive and...PlayEducation05:02Jan 20, 2022