Education

Randolph Public School buses parked behind the high school. Randolph High School ranked 114th in Boston Magazine's most recent ranking. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

Reviewing The Week From Elections To The Red Sox

We take calls and talk to Jim Stergios, Executive Director of the think-tank Pioneer Institute, and Marie-Frances Rivera, President of the Massachusetts Budget Policy Center, to break down all this...

Radio Boston

47:46Sep 17, 2021

School buses on Geneva Avenue in Dorchester. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

About 1,200 Mass. Students — Or About 0.13% — Have COVID, According To State Data

Springfield schools saw the highest number of active cases, with 70 infected pupils.

WBUR News

Sep 17, 2021

Why The National Guard Will Be Driving Massachusetts School Buses

Plus, how some new changes will make healthcare more affordable and easier to access for some trans and non-binary Massachusetts residents. Also, we check in with Massachusetts Congressman Bill Keating.

Radio Boston

48:06Sep 16, 2021

School buses sit parked in a lot as schools were closed in the spring. (David Goldman/AP)

The National Guard Driving School Buses: How Did It Get This Bad?

We talk to local school administrators to understand the root of the problem.

Radio Boston

14:06Sep 16, 2021

China Curbs Online Gaming For Kids, Teens, In Drastic Effort To Influence Culture

The Chinese government also restricted private tutoring in an effort to even the playing field among students.

Here & Now

05:45Sep 16, 2021

National Guard Called To Drive School Buses Amid Driver Shortage In Massachusetts

Gov. Charlie Baker has mobilized 250 National Guard members to help drive buses and get students to school on time.

Here & Now

02:36Sep 16, 2021

In this March 25, 2019 file photo, Gordon Ernst, former Georgetown tennis coach, departs federal court in Boston after facing charges in a nationwide college admissions bribery scandal. Ernst, accused of accepting more than $2 million in bribes to help kids get into the school, will plead guilty in the sweeping college admissions scandal, according to court documents filed Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2021. (Steven Senne / AP Photo)

Falmouth Man To Plead Guilty In 'Varsity Blues'

A former Georgetown University tennis coach who owns property in Falmouth accused of accepting more than $2 million in bribes to help kids get into the school will plead guilty...

WBUR News

Sep 15, 2021

Secretary William Galvin. (Sam Doran/SHNS)

Election Day Check-In

Plus, should schools be making more time for students to process and heal as they return to the classroom? And we take listener questions in another edition of Ask the...

Radio Boston

47:57Sep 14, 2021

The Need For Healing As Students Head Back To Classrooms

Students in schools across the Commonwealth are back to the business of studying and there may be a great deal to make up for in the classroom, as we start...

Radio Boston

11:43Sep 14, 2021

Brown University in Providence, R.I. (Steven Senne/AP)

Brown Tightens COVID-19 Restrictions As Campus Cases Rise

The Ivy League school had 82 confirmed positive COVID-19 tests, primarily among undergraduate students, in the past week, according to a statement Monday.

WBUR News

Sep 14, 2021

Carolyn "Biddy" Martin will step down from her role as Amherst College's president at the end of the next academic year. (Courtesy Bryce Richter/UW-Madison)

Amherst College President Will Step Down After 11 Years

Biddy Martin joined the college in 2011 and is the longest serving president at the college in 50 years. Martin will take a year sabbatical before returning to teach at...

WBUR News

Sep 14, 2021

Consider This: First Varsity Blues Trial Gets Underway In Boston

The first trial in the Varsity Blues college admissions scandal begins at the Moakley Federal Courthouse.

Consider This

09:02Sep 14, 2021

Students ask questions in the CORE History and English class of teacher Jessica Valera at the Girls Academic Leadership Academy: Dr. Michelle King School for STEM students in Los Angeles on the first day of in-class instruction on August 16. (Al Seib/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

How My High School History Classes Failed Me

James Loewen, who died recently, helped me understand that history teachers and textbooks can etch myths that stoke patriotism into the minds of students, writes Daniel Osborn.

Cognoscenti

Sep 14, 2021

Investor John Wilson, left, at federal court in Boston with his wife Leslie on April 3, 2019. (Charles Krupa/AP)

1st Trial In College Admissions Scandal Gets Underway

The first trial in the college admissions bribery scandal opened Monday with defense attorneys seeking to portray the two parents accused of buying their kids' way into school as victims...

WBUR News

Sep 13, 2021

Boston Public school buses are lined up on July 23, 2020 in Boston. (Matt Stone/ MediaNews Group/Boston Herald)

Mass. National Guard Tapped To Drive Students To School, As Bus Driver Shortages Continue

Gov. Charlie Baker on Monday said he will activate up to 250 guardsmen to help drive "7D" school vans for schoolchildren in Chelsea, Lawrence, Lowell and Lynn.

WBUR News

Sep 13, 2021

COVID-19 Precautions Vary Widely As Millions Of Students Return To Classrooms

The heated battle over mask mandates in school continues.

Here & Now

05:07Sep 13, 2021

What's Missing From Back To School This Year? The Time To Heal

The desire to get back to normal means we've skipped a step, writes Neema Avashia -- healing.

Cognoscenti

Sep 13, 2021

Waltham High School English teacher Katherine Waldron-Parr used President George W. Bush's Sep. 20, 2001 address to teach her class about rhetoric. (Max Larkin/WBUR)

20 Years Later, Sep. 11 Attacks Can Still Provoke Pain Among Teachers And Students

Current high school seniors were born after the 9/11 attacks. But as teachers at Waltham High School found this fall, the topic still has to be handled with care.

WBUR News

04:23Sep 11, 2021

Consider This: Professors Describe ‘Mass Exodus’ From Technical College in Boston; Reflections On 9/11

Consider This

10:54Sep 10, 2021

The mayoral field in debate mode on Sept. 8, 2021. From left: John Barros, Andrea Campbell, Kim Janey, Michelle Wu and Annissa Essaibi George. (Mark Garfinkle/NBC10 Boston via Dorchester Reporter)

Boston's Mayoral Race Heats Up

Plus, kids are back in Boston Public School classrooms today as COVID worries continue and five major mayoral candidates try to distinguish themselves on who's best for kids and schools.

Radio Boston

47:57Sep 9, 2021

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