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Public school enrollment falling nationwide, data shows
More and more, parents are opting America’s children out of public school.
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About 1 in 4 U.S. teachers say their school went into ‘gun-related lockdown' during last school year
About 15% of teachers say a gun-related lockdown happened once during the 2022-23 school year, and 8% said it happened more than once, according to findings from the Pew Research Center.
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High school teacher and students sue over Arkansas' ban on critical race theory
A high school teacher and two students are suing Arkansas over the state’s ban on critical race theory in public schools. The lawsuit was filed Monday by the teacher and students from Little Rock Central High School.
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The best and worst paying college majors, 5 years after graduation
Engineer majors earn double that of liberal arts majors five years after college.
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Hundreds of thousands of financial aid applications need to be fixed after latest calculation error
The U.S. Education Department says it discovered a calculation error in hundreds of thousands of student financial aid applications sent to colleges this month and will need to reprocess them, a blunder that follows a series of others and threatens further delays to this year’s college applications.
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Why you should stop texting your kids at school
Parents are keenly aware of the distractions and the mental health issues associated with smartphones and social media, but teachers say they might not realize how much those struggles play out at school.
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Proposal to remove MCAS scores as graduation requirement sparks heated debate
Over more than three hours of discussion about a proposal to stop using MCAS exam scores as a high school graduation requirement, lawmakers kept returning to one specific question: if the measure passed, how would Massachusetts ensure that every school district has roughly the same baseline for determining if students have earned their diplomas? Opponents of the idea, including former…
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Violence, behavioral issues continue to plague Brockton schools
For weeks, educators have spoken up about violence and other behavioral issues in Brockton schools. Thursday night, they had the ear of state lawmakers at a community meeting. “It’s very concerning and we want to make sure that the students and the teachers and the educators have a safe learning environment to teach these kids,” said Sen. Michael Brady,...
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Are more teacher strikes on the horizon for Massachusetts?
Newton’s teacher strike — now resolved, with students back in the classroom Monday — may have been the longest in recent memory for Massachusetts, but it certainly was not an isolated event, and now school districts facing contract negotiations are concerned they could be next to see picket lines. Teachers in the Bay State have been withholding their labor more…
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Why are there so many teacher strikes in Massachusetts lately?
The Bay State has seen several teacher strikes since 2019, and we’re digging into why.
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Young indigenous Ecuadorian woman makes history at Harvard
Amy Chalán, 22, set a precedent by being the first indigenous Kichwa Saraguro from Ecuador to graduate from Harvard in June of last year
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New Massachusetts financial aid program aims to support undocumented students
The Healy-Driscoll administration has launched a new Massachusetts-based financial aid program aimed at undocumented college students. The Massachusetts Application for State Financial Aid allows currently-enrolled undocumented college students whose immigration status renders them ineligible to receive Free Application for State Financial Aid (FAFSA) benefits to apply for in-state need-based aid for the first time. In July, Massachusetts passed the Tuition…
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Many kids are still skipping kindergarten. Since the pandemic, some parents don't see the point
For many families, kindergarten is no longer the assumed first step in a child’s formal education, another sign of the way the pandemic and online learning upended the U.S. school system.
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Lacking counselors, US schools turn to the booming business of online therapy
At least 16 of the 20 largest U.S. public school districts are offering online therapy sessions to reach millions of students, according to an analysis by The Associated Press.
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Biden administration seeks to raise Head Start teacher salaries, but without more money enrollment will need cuts
A new plan from the Biden administration could significantly increase salaries for hundreds of low-paid early childhood teachers caring for the country’s poorest children. But it might also force some centers to cut enrollment.
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Teachers turn to OnlyFans amid low wages and crippling student loan debt. But there's a risk
Grappling with mounting bills and a hefty pile of student loan debt to pay off, these teachers turned to OnlyFans as a way to supplement their income.
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Many parents don't know when kids are behind in school. Are report cards telling enough?
Many parents rely on report cards for a sense of their children’s progress, but researchers say they might be missing the whole picture.
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Students, faculty of Vermont State University urge board to reconsider cuts
The board of the Vermont State Colleges said Monday it continues to back a plan to cut and consolidate some programs and reduce faculty at Vermont State University after hearing from faculty and students who urged it to reconsider, including student government groups who have voted no-confidence in the board and administration. The plan calls for discontinuing 11 programs, consolidating…
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This month, 200,000 high school seniors will get automatic college acceptance letters — before even applying
To improve college access, a new direct admissions program will send automatic acceptances to 200,000 high school seniors.
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8 on task force resign over Boston schools' English learning plan
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 have access to instruction…