Education

Taylor Swift-mania has reached Harvard University, which is set to offer a class on the billionaire singer-songwriter next semester. The “Maroon” songstress is getting the Crimson treatment thanks to English professor Stephanie Burt, who is also a poet and podcast host, in the spring, where the class is listed alongside ones on Toni Mor...

Travis Scott is a Grammy-nominated rap star who travels the world playing sell-out concerts and festivals. But his dream is to move to Boston for four years. Why?

More than half of Boston Public Schools’ English Learners Task Force have resigned in protest over a plan to place students who are learning to speak English into general education classrooms where English is the primary language, they said Tuesday. Those students will still receive English as a Second Language, or ESL, services but will not ...

Two of the state’s top elected officials are newly encouraging colleges and universities in Massachusetts to find new approaches to “advance diversity, break down barriers, and increase access for historically underrepresented groups” in light of the Supreme Court’s ruling that restricted the use of race by college administr...

A high school cheerleading program in Londonderry, New Hampshire, has been reinstated following a month-long suspension, even after an investigation substantiated instances of bullying and discrimination on the varsity squad. Londonderry School Superintendent Daniel Black first announced the team was suspended back on Sept. 8, saying in a letter to...

Battle lines have been drawn over what may become one of the most hotly contested issues this session — whether or not Massachusetts should maintain a high school graduation requirement tied to students passing a statewide standardized test. The discussion of whether or not to keep the MCAS exam mandate in place has already grabbed headlines ...

Boston College announced Wednesday that it has suspended its men’s and women’s swimming and diving programs indefinitely for hazing.

A group of students at New Hampshire’s Bedford High School are facing disciplinary action after they allegedly took photos of some of their female classmates, made them into trading cards and graded the pictures. Administrators at Bedford High School sent a warning to parents this week, noting that some freshmen and sophomores — mostly boys —...

The Londonderry, New Hampshire, High School cheerleading squad has been suspended by the school board amid allegations of “a toxic and pervasive culture of bullying, harassment, and discrimination.” In a letter to parents, Londonderry School Superintendent Daniel Black said the school board voted unanimously on Thursday to suspend the c...

Clinical psychologist and expert in adolescent mental health Edna Rodriguez believes the most important thing to do with your kids is to set expectations for school, not just in academics but other areas, including self-care.

A new poll shows almost half of Boston Public School parents are skeptical about the high school options available for their children, two months after the state education commissioner knocked the district for falling behind state-mandated improvement targets. The survey by MassINC Polling Group showed only 55% of BPS parents said they were satisfi...

Payments on federal student loans have been on pause since 2020. Fast forward to October 2023, and this respite comes to an end. 

With technology advancing rapidly, there are big questions regarding artificial intelligence heading into the new school year.