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Education Aug 24, 2023

Supporting Our Schools: How Even Your Smallest Donation Can Help Fund Badly Needed Supplies In Neighborhood Classrooms

Help teachers best serve their students through the Boston stations of NBC and Telemundo’s Supporting Our Schools donation drive to serve underserved schools in the area through our partners at ...

Education Apr 18

NH judge deciding whether to block Trump's anti-DEI directive to schools
Harvard University Apr 17

‘Harvard's a disgrace,' Trump says as he threatens its foreign students, tax status

Trump Administration Apr 17

Trump administration threatens to decertify Harvard's student exchange program

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem sent Harvard University “a scathing letter demanding detailed records on Harvard’s foreign student visa holders’ illegal and violent activitie...
Harvard University Apr 15

Harvard's response to feds draws cheers in Mass. ‘for not giving into the bullying'

Harvard University’s decision not to accede to the Trump administration’s demands in exchange for continued federal funding, leading to the freezing of $2.2 billion, led to immediate suppo...
Harvard University Apr 15

Mass General Brigham declares commitment to mission in face of Harvard freeze

Mass General Brigham leadership said the health system, the largest in the state, remains committed to its mission following the decision of the Trump administration to freeze $2.2 billion in funding ...
Education Apr 10

Mass. suing over Trump's cuts to remaining COVID-era K-12 school funding

Massachusetts and other U.S. states are challenging the Trump administration’s plans to recover $2 billion in pandemic-era education funds intended to improve school facilities and address stude...

Massachusetts Apr 9

Mass. students tell lawmakers education not measuring up

Students warned lawmakers Tuesday of funding deficits and unpredictability, faculty layoffs and slashed electives at regional and rural schools, piling on to heightened calls to “crack open” the state’s Chapter 70 and rural aid funding formula.
Education Apr 2

‘Casual cruelty': Reaction in Mass. to Trump's $106M cut to K-12 school funding

Leaders at the local, state and federal level have been sounding off since the Trump administration announced plans to recover $2 billion in pandemic-era education funds
Education Mar 24

Mass. schools, unions challenge Trump's Education Dept. order in federal court

A group of Massachusetts school districts and educator unions on Monday joined the legal fight against President Donald Trump’s efforts to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education.
Massachusetts Nov 20, 2024

These Mass. colleges are offering free tuition for eligible families

Four Massachusetts institutions are waiving tuition for families with annual household incomes under a certain amount. Brandeis University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are the latest schools to announce the move, joining all four University of Massachusetts’ campuses and College of the Holy Cross. The institutions will offer ...
Decision 2024 Oct 16, 2024

Mass. ballot question on MCAS' future splits Healey, Warren

Battle lines continue to form around a ballot question to change a key component of the education reform law that some say made Massachusetts the best educated state in the country, separating politicians who are used to standing on the same side of most issues, and simultaneously creating strange allies. The day after U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, a...
Worcester Oct 11, 2024

College of the Holy Cross will cover more students' entire tuition

Worcester’s College of the Holy Cross is expanding access to its tuition grants, and students whose family makes a total of $100,000 or less are eligible to have the cost of their full tuition covered, up from $75,000.
Colleges & Universities Sep 3, 2024

When that urgent call from college financial aid is a scam

If you’re a college student, or the parent of one, and you get a call about an unpaid tuition bill, hang up the phone! It’s likely a scam. It’s the start of the fall semester and it can be a hectic time for college students and their parents. But you don’t want to let your guard down, because scammers...
Personal finance Aug 15, 2024

Student discounts can save you thousands by graduation: ‘It all adds up'

There are so many college discounts offered — on electronics and software, entertainment, food and dining, retail shopping, memberships and subscriptions. And they could add up to thousands of dollars in savings before graduation.
Massachusetts Jul 29, 2024

Parent, teacher featured in new MCAS ads

The campaign opposing a ballot initiative to eliminate the use of statewide tests as a graduation requirement is rolling out an advertising blitz, hitting airwaves with the slogan “Protect Our Kids’ Future.” “Standards are especially different for my son,” says Concord mother Jill Norton in one of the TV ads. “He...
Harvard University May 29, 2024

After chaotic year, Harvard moves toward institutional neutrality

After a chaotic year at Harvard University marked by protests and recrimination, the school is adopting a new policy that will limit the types of issues its leadership comments on. The policy, which establishes a precedent of institutional neutrality when it comes to commenting on issues outside its “core function,” comes from a faculty...
Northeastern University May 29, 2024

Northeastern University to expand into NYC with planned merger

Northeastern University’s next campus outside of Boston will be in New York City, according to a planned merger with a liberal arts college in the city announced Wednesday. The merger with Marymount Manhattan College, in the city’s Upper East Side, would create Northeastern University – New York City, Northeastern’s 14th global un...
Massachusetts Mar 8, 2024

Massachusetts bill aims to make child care more accessible and affordable

Top Democrats in the Massachusetts Senate unveiled legislation Thursday they said would help make early education and child care more accessible and affordable at a time when the cost of care has posed a financial hurdle for families statewide. The bill would make permanent grants that currently provide monthly payments directly to early education ...
Harvard Feb 21, 2024

Harvard's leader decries ‘flagrantly antisemitic' cartoon posted by groups

Harvard’s interim president has condemned an antisemitic cartoon posted to a social media account for a pro-Palestinian university faculty and student group, among others. The cartoon showed two men, one Arab and one Black, with nooses around their necks being held by a hand bearing the Star of David, the symbol imprinted with a star, interim...