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To Bullied and Bored Teens, North Star Offers ‘Unschooling’ — and a Cup of Ramen

Greg Toppo

Teacher Turnover Spiked During COVID. But It’s Now Fallen for 2 Years in a Row

Chad Aldeman

Five Ways High-Performing Schools Use Data to Help Students Succeed

Rianna Saslow

Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez Picked to Lead Massachusetts Schools

Reema Amin

Kept in the Dark: Inside the Somerset, Mass., School Cyberattack

Mark Keierleber

Whatever Changes the Feds Make, They Must Keep Requiring Annual State Exams

Robin Berkley

Which States Have the Fastest-Growing Achievement Gaps in 8th-Grade Math?

Chad Aldeman

High School Exit Exams Dwindle to About Half a Dozen States

Elaine S. Povich

Kid Mental Health Is a Bipartisan Issue. Meet 4 Legislators Making a Difference

Daniel Tartakovsky

High School Exit Exams Dwindle to About Half a Dozen States

Elaine S. Povich

Research Points to COVID’s ‘Long Tail’ on School Graduation Rates

Linda Jacobson

Massachusetts Vocational Admissions Debate Getting Heated

Michael Jonas

How Yoga Has Benefitted My Teachers, Students and Community

Barbara Malkas

Judge Rebuffs Family’s Bid to Change Grade in AI Cheating Case

Greg Toppo

Mass. Will Do Away With High School Standardized Testing Graduation Requirement

Amanda Geduld

Ballot Propositions: Voters in 2 States Reject Private School Choice Measures

Linda Jacobson

Could Massachusetts AI Cheating Case Push Schools to Refocus on Learning?

Greg Toppo

School Choice Questions Dominate November Ballot Propositions

Linda Jacobson

Church-Based Homeschool Learning Centers Gaining Popularity in Massachusetts

Kerry McDonald

Too Hard or Too Easy: The ‘Big, Statewide Fight’ Over MA. Graduation Requirement

Amanda Geduld

Competency-Based Parker Essential School Succeeds by Doing More With Less

Greg Toppo

New Report: Special Ed Students, English Learners Face Greatest Setbacks

Amanda Geduld

Immigrant Advocates Call on Massachusetts AG to Probe Enrollment Discrimination

Jo Napolitano

Critics Warn Massachusetts, Long a Leader in Education, Is Losing Its Edge

Kevin Mahnken

High-Poverty Schools in Colorado, Massachusetts Defying the Odds for Students

Rianna Saslow & Charles Barone

Universities Try 3-Year Degrees To Save Students Time, Money

Elaine S. Povich

Massachusetts Achievement Gap Has Widened in Wake of Pandemic

Michael Jonas

High School Seniors Eye Campus Protests as High-Stakes College Decision Looms

Amanda Geduld

Growing the Pipeline of Early Childhood Educators

Rebecca Gale

Some States Have Avoided the Child Care Cliff

Bryce Covert

Massachusetts Officials Seek ‘More Coherent Financial Aid System’

Alison Kuznitz

School Leaders Need Training in the Science of Reading, Just Like Teachers

Richard Bransfield

Fifth Time’s the Charm for Sex Ed Law?

Jennifer Smith

The Bay State is Becoming an Early Learning Beacon

Elliot Haspel

Kim Janey’s Systemic Approach to Supporting Bostonians and Families Nationwide

Mark Swartz

The ‘Godfather’ of Top Charter Schools: A Tribute to the Late Linda Brown

Richard Whitmire

WATCH: Solving Hidden Hunger in an Affluent Coastal Town

Jim Fields & Emmeline Zhao

In Boston, Bridging Meals with Learning

Jim Fields & Emmeline Zhao

As Migrants Arrive, Some Schools Need More Buses, Books and Bilingual Teachers

Elaine S. Povich

Massachusetts is Updating its Sex Ed Guidelines for the First Time in 24 Years

Dr. Emily Rothman

Nearly Half of States Allow Immigrant Students to Pay In-State College Tuition

Elaine S. Povich

Panelists Talk Districts’ Challenges and the Looming Fiscal Cliff

Mebane Rash

Educators’ View: Students Excel When Expectations for Them Are High

Thomas Brodnitzki, Janet Schweizer & Jessica Waters

From CA to MA, What Teachers Unions Have Been Doing in Statehouses Nationwide

Mike Antonucci

Massachusetts Moves to Bring Sex Education Out of the ‘90s

Jennifer Smith

Poll Finds Big Safety Concerns Among Boston Public School Parents

Michael Jonas

Neighborhood Villages: The Pathway to Professionalism is Paved with Apprenticeships

K.C. Compton

Boston’s New Office of Early Childhood Takes a Systemic Approach to Fixing a Broken System

K.C. Compton

How ‘Portrait of a Graduate’ Is Spurring Innovation in Springfield Schools

Paul Foster

Neighborhood Villages: Boston-Based Child Care Innovation Lab for Solutions that Can Scale

K.C. Compton

Teachers in 2 Mass. Districts Test Whether Walkouts Really Are Against the Law

Mike Antonucci

Time for Massachusetts to Make All Schools, Green, Healthy and Carbon-Free

Sara Ross & Jason Acosta Espinosa

Child Care Innovation: Centralizing Administrative Roles

Rebecca Gale

Paymon Rouhanifard on Boston, Tribalism and the Dangers of COVID ‘Groupthink’

Linda Jacobson

Make Teaching a True Pathway to the Middle Class for Young Latino Teachers

Daniel Velasco

Local Officials Rail Against Possible Takeover of Boston Schools

Kevin Mahnken

Once a National Model, Boston Public Schools May Be Headed for Takeover

Kevin Mahnken

3 COVID Learning Success Case Studies

Marianna McMurdock

Vax Up, Masks Down: MD, MA Look to ‘Off-Ramp’ Face Coverings in School

Asher Lehrer-Small

End of K-12 Contact Tracing? Some Schools Now Watching Symptoms, Not Exposure

Asher Lehrer-Small

A COVID Vaccine Advocacy Group in Boston by Youth of Color, for Youth of Color

Asher Lehrer-Small

More Districts Scrap Mask Mandates, Embrace Test-to-Stay Measures

Asher Lehrer-Small

What’s Missing in Early Childhood Education: A School District

Rebecca Gale

Districts Struggle to Make Widespread COVID Testing Happen in Schools

Linda Jacobson

MIT Students Make STEM Come Alive for Boston Middle Schoolers

Marianna McMurdock

Rocket Science Made Accessible to Boston Girls in Summer Hybrid Program

Marianna McMurdock

Boston Expands Pre-K for 3-Year-Olds After Pandemic’s Disruption

Marianna McMurdock

Universal, Public Preschool Found to Help Students Long After They Graduate

Bryce Covert

Mass. School Leader on Sharing Power with Families

R. Nikki Barnes

Reopening Roadblocks & 7 Other Key Updates

Asher Lehrer-Small

New Poll: Two-Thirds of Parents Support Keeping Schools Closed ‘Until They Are Certain There Is No Health Risk’

Brendan Lowe

Eddy & Joseph: There Are Many Roads to a Good Career. Parents Must Keep an Open Mind to Help Their Kids Find the Right Path

Jean Eddy & Jackney Prioly Joseph

Author of ‘The Fight for the Best Charter Public Schools in the Nation’ Talks Confronting Hard Truths About Growing Massachusetts Charters

The 74

Book Excerpt: Former Massachusetts Gov. Weld & State Sen. Birmingham on Lessons Learned From the Fight Over America’s Best Charter Schools

William Weld & Thomas Birmingham