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The Biden administration has made it clear that student loan borrowers’ payments will restart in October. But some people may have a little more time.

According to U.S. News, this year’s ranking formula was changed and modified to reflect academic reputation, cost of attendance and return on investment.

For many top graduates of the Boston Public Schools, the journey to college and beyond is filled with obstacles that often derail their dreams. When the Boston Globe tracked down BPS valedictorians from the classes of 2005 to 2007, they found about a quarter failed to get a bachelor’s degree. None went on to medical school, even though nearly one…

Massachusetts students will receive sex and health education that is intended to be more inclusive of the LGBTQ+ community and teach about bodily autonomy, mental and emotional health, dating safety, nutrition, sexually transmitted infections and consent, after a board of education vote on Tuesday. The Board of Elementary and Secondary Education on Tuesday unanimously adopted a new set of curriculum…

Massachusetts students are making progress in math and English language arts (ELA), 2023 test scores reveal, but they still lag behind compared to the years before the pandemic. On Tuesday the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education released the 2023 Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) scores. MCAS are a standardized test administered to grades 3 -8 and high school….

Darryl George, a junior at Barbers Hill High School in Mont Belvieu, was initially suspended the same week Texas outlawed racial discrimination based on hairstyles.

As students return to classrooms in Massachusetts, one Framingham school is showing success in a program that helps build academic and social-emotional skills for students. Framingham High School offers a program called Resiliency For Life. The program helps about 60 students in ninth through 12th grade through emotional challenges to achieve academic success. “Emotionally we see students who go from…

With some pretty intense heat settling into New England just as students all over the region return to the classrooms, some school districts are resorting to canceling class and dismissing early to keep everyone safe. In Massachusetts, there were a handful of districts reporting early dismissals or cancellations on Thursday morning, including Worcester Public Schools, which would be letting out…

After a $14 million school budget deficit was discovered in Brockton, Massachusetts, the superintendent tells NBC10 Boston “nothing criminal” occurred. Brockton Mayor Robert Sullivan announced the shortfall after a four-hour executive session Thursday evening. Absent from that meeting was Superintendent Michael Thomas, who is on medical leave for high blood pressure. We asked Thomas on Friday how the district went…

After an interim superintendent was announced at an emergency meeting Friday, Brockton’s superintendent, who is on extended medical leave, talked about the massive shortfall.

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.

Amid turmoil at the school district, the Brockton School Committee brought in an acting superintendent and approved an independent audit of its finances at an emergency meeting on Friday. The meeting was held at Brockton High School a day after it was revealed that Brockton Public Schools is facing a major budget deficit ahead of the new academic year. Brockton…

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 satisfied with the high schools available to their...

Gov. Maura Healey held a news conference on Thursday to announce the launch of MassReconnect, her administration’s program to provide free community college for Massachusetts residents age 25 and older. “Backing these folks is the most important investment we can make for our workforce, for our economy” and for making the Bay State more affordable and equitable, Healey said at…

State and education leaders gathered at Northern Essex Community College Tuesday to celebrate the passage of a law that makes undocumented high school graduates in Massachusetts eligible for in-state tuition and state financial aid. “This is a big step forward for students who have been growing up here, learning here, working hard here, following their dreams right here in Massachusetts…

The new law will allow students who have been raised and attended school in Massachusetts will now have the same opportunities as others born here.

The children from the Taft Houses NYCHA complex sent a balloon into the atmosphere and caught the whole journey on GoPro video.

North College Hill City School District outside Cincinnati, Ohio, has become the first in the state to go to a four-day week for in-person learning.

California and Florida may have sunny beaches and New York may have the big city, but for another year, Massachusetts is the best state to live in, according to an influential ranking out this week. The Bay State topped Wallethub’s list for 2023, keeping hold of the No. 1 spot it had last year. And a neighbor to the north…

Students have been absent at record rates nationwide since schools reopened after COVID-forced closures.