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Immigration Lawyer on Trump’s ‘Constellation of Attacks’ on Newcomer Children
Heather Yountz, senior immigration attorney with the Massachusetts Law Reform Institute, spent 13 years shepherding children and families through immigration court. She was mostly successful in helping them stay in the...
Leadership
King Philip Middle School English teacher named finalist for Massachusetts Teacher of the Year
Technology & AI
Easthampton Public Schools suffers cyberattack
Teaching & learning
Proposed school district merger rejected by voters
Technology & AI
Easthampton Public Schools in Massachusetts shuts systems after cybersecurity incident
Infrastructure
What happened when Boston students were bused to suburban schools?
Children board a bus outside of an elementary school in Boston in 2025.
Leadership
Rockland Central School District names new superintendent
Technology & AI
Boston is embracing AI in its public schools, unlike NYC and LA
Budget & finance
Phillipston approves its portion of NRSD budget
Teaching & learning
Pioneer school district going screen-free in preschool through second grade
Technology & AI
Springfield schools to roll out laptops again after cyberattack
Teaching & learning
Vermont and Massachusetts Offer Student Debt Relief for Early Educators
Nikita Lenahan always knew she wanted to work in early childhood education. What she wasn’t sure about was how she would pay for her education. She decided to pursue her passion, but she had to rely on student loans...
Policy & legislation
Judge strikes down Trump anti-DEI initiative that cut $600M in teacher training
A federal judge in Massachusetts struck down a Trump administration anti-diversity, equity and inclusion initiative that resulted in $600 million abruptly cut from K-12 teacher training grants aimed at combating teacher...
Technology & AI
School districts, slowly, build guidance around AI learning in classrooms
Boston Public Schools allows students to use artificial intelligence to translate text. Nearby, Lexington school officials say AI can help students write persuasively. A third district, Medfield, allows students to...
School safety
Nearly 15 Years After Student Discipline Reform, School Suspensions in Mass. Are Falling. Are Emergency Removals Taking Their Place?
In 2012, after child advocates spent years trying to reduce punitive suspensions in schools, Massachusetts passed sweeping education reforms under Chapter 222, kickstarting a longstanding policy shift away from...
Policy & legislation
Exclusive: Study Finds Boston Charters Fell Off in 2010s, Recovered During COVID
Charter schools in Massachusetts have significantly accelerated student learning over the last quarter century, a newly released study shows. Compared with their counterparts in the state’s traditional public schools,...
School safety
Pressure mounts in Massachusetts to beef up responses to school bullying
parents, advocates and researchers say the state needs to bolster its efforts, especially after the federal government largely dismantled its Office for Civil Rights. The post Pressure mounts in Massachusetts to beef up...
School safety
Opinion: When School and Sports Aren’t Safe: Massachusetts Faces Identity-Based Bullying
For too many students, school and sports are not a refuge; they are sites of identity-based trauma.  Half of all children of color nationwide have experienced racism in school, and nearly 40% of LGBTQ+ youth have...
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