Suevon Lee

2 months ago | wbur.org | Suevon Lee

Harvard’s president announced a temporary hiring freeze on all staff and faculty positions across the university in the wake of actions imposed by the Trump administration that could impact the institution’s financial future. “We need to prepare for a wide range of financial circumstances, and strategic adjustments will take time to identify and implement,” Alan Garber wrote in a letter to the campus community on Monday.

2 months ago | wbur.org | Suevon Lee

Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell and seven other state attorneys general sued the U.S. Department of Education and its top official Thursday to challenge recent cuts to grant funding for K-12 teacher preparation programs nationwide. The programs were authorized by Congress to recruit and train teachers for hard-to-staff subject areas in rural and urban communities, and to provide teachers and principals the opportunity to serve in underserved districts.

Jan 29, 2025 | wbur.org | Suevon Lee |Emily Piper-Vallillo

Massachusetts schoolchildren outscored kids from the rest of the country in reading and math in 2024, according to an assessment known as "the nation's report card." But the state is still struggling to reach pre-pandemic levels. The National Assessment of Educational Progress, released Wednesday, shows the state slowed the free fall in scores seen in the 2022 assessment. That year, reading and math scores among fourth and eighth graders steeply declined soon after the pandemic.

Jan 17, 2025 | wbur.org | Suevon Lee

Educators and business leaders praised Gov. Maura Healey's move to set up an advisory board to recommend new high school graduation requirements. The governor signed the executive order Friday to create the K-12 Statewide Graduation Council, which would deliver its proposals to the Healey administration and state legislators by the end of the year.

Jan 7, 2025 | wbur.org | Suevon Lee |Emily Piper-Vallillo

Boston Public Schools officials are expected to announce the proposed closures of at least four schools by the end of the 2025-2026 school year. Superintendent Mary Skipper and Boston Mayor Michelle Wu were set to release details during a virtual press conference Tuesday morning. The district appears poised to shutter the K-6 Dever Elementary in Dorchester, according to a letter obtained by WBUR that Skipper sent to families Monday evening.