4+ hour, 28+ min ago  (381+ words) The U. S. Department of Education opened an investigation Monday into Smith College, an all-women's institution in Massachusetts, for admitting transgender women. The probe by the department's Office of Civil Rights will look at whether the college violated Title IX, a 1972 law…...

2+ day, 5+ hour ago  (1165+ words) For a year and a half, Yves Valerus was working a stable, full time job with a regular weekly schedule, a set hourly rate and benefits. The Haitian Creole-English interpreter helps people bridge language barriers over the phone during people's…...

9+ mon, 4+ week ago  (363+ words) Senate members of the Massachusetts Joint Education Committee voted Tuesday in favor of advancing a statewide ban on cellphones in public schools. It incorporates language from seven other Senate school cellphone ban proposals and next heads to the Senate Ways…...

2+ week, 2+ hour ago  (314+ words) Hampshire College held an event Monday that officials called a transfer fair for students. The storied liberal arts college that first opened in the 1970s announced last week it would be closing for most students at the end of the semester…...

3+ mon, 23+ hour ago  (753+ words) Boston Public Schools officials Wednesday evening presented a grim budget picture for next school year, forecasting the need to cut anywhere from 300 to 400 staff positions due to rising costs, inflation and declining enrollment. "The reality is that our costs are…...

6+ day, 18+ hour ago  (143+ words) There's a new word floating around Silicon Valley and the AI world: 'tokenmaxxing.' It means consuming as many units of AI as possible and often racking up multibillion dollar bills. What's driving this behavior? Tim Fernholz, senior reporter at Tech…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (182+ words) In 2023, Florida Gov. Ron De Santis sought to remake New College, a small liberal arts school in Sarasota. Those efforts, and their effects on students and faculty, are documented in the new film "First They Came for My College." Host…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (270+ words) A second Massachusetts liberal arts college this month has announced it will close, underscoring the mounting financial strain facing small, tuition-dependent schools. Anna Maria College in Paxton said Thursday that it will shutter at the end of the semester after…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (71+ words) WBUR Infants and toddlers with disabilities and developmental delays may benefit from therapy services before they even start school. Now, researchers have evidence of how early intervention is boosting children's test scores years later. Host David Folkenflik speaks with Jeanette…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (642+ words) Harvard's graduate student workers went on strike Tuesday morning, demanding higher pay, greater protections for non-citizen employees and an improved grievance process for workplace harassment. The union represents about 4, 000 graduate student workers. Dozens of them picketed outside the Science Center…...