WBUR's Morning Edition Local content from WBUR's Morning Edition broadcasts Special education planning form gets revamp in Mass. for first time in 20 years Educators and special education advocates hope this will improve the special education planning process, leading to more high-quality individual education program documents for students. Play Education 05:26 Mar 24, 2023 As literacy screening becomes a requirement in Mass., a look at what impact it makes in schools A new state mandate requiring twice-a-year literacy screenings for kids in grades K-3 starting next year is intended to help school districts pinpoint what additional reading supports they can offer... Play Education 04:13 Dec 20, 2022 Advertisement Bids and buses: Why districts worry as competition plummets in school bus industry School districts say they now face fewer choices, worries about steeper prices and more frustrated phone calls from families. A slim number are now moving to control busing themselves. Play Education 04:45 Nov 2, 2022 What's behind the spike in childhood anxiety and depression in Massachusetts In Massachusetts the share of kids ages 3 to 17 who had a clinical diagnosis of anxiety or depression reached 18% in 2020, higher than the national rate of 11.8%. Play Education 06:29 Aug 19, 2022 School principals want more support in their demanding roles, report shows Burnout among school principals is common and new data indicates retention in the profession is not getting that much better, especially amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Play Education 05:41 Aug 16, 2022 Students juggling added pressures like jobs, anxiety seek out alternative high schools With more flexible hours and self-paced learning, some alternative schools are seeing new interest from students coping with financial and emotional impacts of the pandemic. Play Education 04:29 Jul 19, 2022 Child care is in crisis. Here's what's being done about it The pandemic has made child care problems harder to ignore. Business leaders and politicians began to see them not as a private burden for families, but as an urgent public... Play Education 07:02 Jun 17, 2022 Child care is a problem for employers, too. Now more of them want solutions "I don't think that employers see it so much as their responsibility, as much as they see it as their enlightened self-interest because they desperately need workers," says Tom Weber,... Play Education 05:09 Jun 15, 2022 Why child care in Massachusetts costs so much At over $20,000 a year, the average price of infant care in Massachusetts is the highest among the 50 states. Play Education 04:44 Jun 14, 2022 How child care can build kids' brains, one interaction at a time The most rapid brain development happens in the first five years of life, and evidence suggests back-and-forth interactions between children and their caregivers play a pivotal role. Play Education 04:49 Jun 14, 2022 We asked 8 child care workers about their joys and frustrations. Here's what they said Staffing shortages and turnover have been problems in early education for years, but the pandemic took those issues from bad to worse. The child care workforce in Massachusetts is now... Play Education 09:05 Jun 13, 2022 Video game design gets Boston high schoolers back in the learning game Video games and school work are two things that don’t usually go hand in hand. But for a group of high schoolers in Dorchester, gaming is the assignment. Play Education 03:41 Jun 2, 2022 Facing a potential state takeover, Boston promises 'urgent' improvements in its schools Under the terms of the draft agreement, Massachusetts' largest school district would have to move quickly tackle problems raised by a state review: late school buses, unclean bathrooms, unclean data... Play Education 07:12 May 27, 2022 Schools have policies to stop child sexual abuse. Advocates say they have too many weak spots Charges against a former Brookline teacher have reignited discussions about what is needed to prevent sexual abuse from happening in schools. Play Education 06:37 May 3, 2022 With masks now optional, Mass. students are learning to adjust We checked in with a few kids recently to see how students are adjusting to new mask-optional policies at school. Play Education 03:33 Mar 18, 2022 School mental health program eases transition from hospital to classroom Psychiatric hospitalizations have increased across the U.S. for teens struggling with suicidal ideation and other mental health challenges. But after they leave the hospital, teens face what’s often a daunting... Play Education 07:42 Mar 16, 2022 The government dropped its case against Gang Chen. Scientists still see damage done Researchers working in the United States say the China Initiative has harmed both their fellow scientists and science itself — as a global cooperative endeavor. But as U.S.-China tensions remain... Play Education 04:41 Feb 16, 2022 As Mass. moves to relax mask rules, students say COVID is still taking a toll "I haven’t learned anything when going to school," said senior Thy Nguyen. "And so I think that’s why many of us don’t have motivation anymore." Play Education 04:34 Feb 14, 2022 MIT president will leave behind complicated legacy WBUR’s Max Larkin joined Morning Edition host Rupa Shenoy to discuss. Play Education 04:48 Feb 11, 2022 Mass. will stop requiring masks in public schools. It's an uneasy milestone for many State officials are phasing out the mask mandate in Massachusetts public schools — and reactions are reliably mixed. Play Education 03:05 Feb 10, 2022 Next Page
Special education planning form gets revamp in Mass. for first time in 20 years Educators and special education advocates hope this will improve the special education planning process, leading to more high-quality individual education program documents for students. Play Education 05:26 Mar 24, 2023
As literacy screening becomes a requirement in Mass., a look at what impact it makes in schools A new state mandate requiring twice-a-year literacy screenings for kids in grades K-3 starting next year is intended to help school districts pinpoint what additional reading supports they can offer... Play Education 04:13 Dec 20, 2022
Bids and buses: Why districts worry as competition plummets in school bus industry School districts say they now face fewer choices, worries about steeper prices and more frustrated phone calls from families. A slim number are now moving to control busing themselves. Play Education 04:45 Nov 2, 2022
What's behind the spike in childhood anxiety and depression in Massachusetts In Massachusetts the share of kids ages 3 to 17 who had a clinical diagnosis of anxiety or depression reached 18% in 2020, higher than the national rate of 11.8%. Play Education 06:29 Aug 19, 2022
School principals want more support in their demanding roles, report shows Burnout among school principals is common and new data indicates retention in the profession is not getting that much better, especially amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Play Education 05:41 Aug 16, 2022
Students juggling added pressures like jobs, anxiety seek out alternative high schools With more flexible hours and self-paced learning, some alternative schools are seeing new interest from students coping with financial and emotional impacts of the pandemic. Play Education 04:29 Jul 19, 2022
Child care is in crisis. Here's what's being done about it The pandemic has made child care problems harder to ignore. Business leaders and politicians began to see them not as a private burden for families, but as an urgent public... Play Education 07:02 Jun 17, 2022
Child care is a problem for employers, too. Now more of them want solutions "I don't think that employers see it so much as their responsibility, as much as they see it as their enlightened self-interest because they desperately need workers," says Tom Weber,... Play Education 05:09 Jun 15, 2022
Why child care in Massachusetts costs so much At over $20,000 a year, the average price of infant care in Massachusetts is the highest among the 50 states. Play Education 04:44 Jun 14, 2022
How child care can build kids' brains, one interaction at a time The most rapid brain development happens in the first five years of life, and evidence suggests back-and-forth interactions between children and their caregivers play a pivotal role. Play Education 04:49 Jun 14, 2022
We asked 8 child care workers about their joys and frustrations. Here's what they said Staffing shortages and turnover have been problems in early education for years, but the pandemic took those issues from bad to worse. The child care workforce in Massachusetts is now... Play Education 09:05 Jun 13, 2022
Video game design gets Boston high schoolers back in the learning game Video games and school work are two things that don’t usually go hand in hand. But for a group of high schoolers in Dorchester, gaming is the assignment. Play Education 03:41 Jun 2, 2022
Facing a potential state takeover, Boston promises 'urgent' improvements in its schools Under the terms of the draft agreement, Massachusetts' largest school district would have to move quickly tackle problems raised by a state review: late school buses, unclean bathrooms, unclean data... Play Education 07:12 May 27, 2022
Schools have policies to stop child sexual abuse. Advocates say they have too many weak spots Charges against a former Brookline teacher have reignited discussions about what is needed to prevent sexual abuse from happening in schools. Play Education 06:37 May 3, 2022
With masks now optional, Mass. students are learning to adjust We checked in with a few kids recently to see how students are adjusting to new mask-optional policies at school. Play Education 03:33 Mar 18, 2022
School mental health program eases transition from hospital to classroom Psychiatric hospitalizations have increased across the U.S. for teens struggling with suicidal ideation and other mental health challenges. But after they leave the hospital, teens face what’s often a daunting... Play Education 07:42 Mar 16, 2022
The government dropped its case against Gang Chen. Scientists still see damage done Researchers working in the United States say the China Initiative has harmed both their fellow scientists and science itself — as a global cooperative endeavor. But as U.S.-China tensions remain... Play Education 04:41 Feb 16, 2022
As Mass. moves to relax mask rules, students say COVID is still taking a toll "I haven’t learned anything when going to school," said senior Thy Nguyen. "And so I think that’s why many of us don’t have motivation anymore." Play Education 04:34 Feb 14, 2022
MIT president will leave behind complicated legacy WBUR’s Max Larkin joined Morning Edition host Rupa Shenoy to discuss. Play Education 04:48 Feb 11, 2022
Mass. will stop requiring masks in public schools. It's an uneasy milestone for many State officials are phasing out the mask mandate in Massachusetts public schools — and reactions are reliably mixed. Play Education 03:05 Feb 10, 2022