Education

Parents can now choose whether to notify the state or district if they choose to homeschool and annual evaluations are no longer required, among other changes.

Officials announced a new governance structure in eight Springfield Public schools in western Mass. The district's Innovation School Zone is an evolution of the district's Empowerment Zone they said, established a decade ago to turn around failing schools.

Signs featuring information about the Wabanaki people, climate science, and history had been removed from the park last year.

Take a road trip to Massachusetts with hosts Zack and Helena in an episode of the teen podcast On Our Minds, from PBS News Student Reporting Labs.This episode includes middle schoolers in Springfield, Massachusetts, who attend Emergence Academy.

At Suffolk University and Merrimack College students can get a compressed college experience in a handful of majors in just three years

Many school districts across the country face declining enrollment, teacher shortages and funding uncertainties. For small island communities off the coast of Maine, these challenges can be even more daunting.

As Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts, prepares to sell its property, the town of Amherst is considering how best to rezone the land.

The Trump administration has proposed regulations to control billions of dollars in federal research funding, which it says will reduce "fraud and abuse." Scientists in Massachusetts and beyond say they could set back research in the U.S. by decades.

Hampshire College officials said they reached "in principle" an agreement with a philanthropic partner to provide a loan that will support the wind down of campus operations.

With Boston serving as a World Cup host city, educators are capitalizing on the global moment to make it a learning opportunity for kids.