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Boston Education News

Across Boston, coverage here takes in school board policy, funding debates, test score results and new teaching methods. Reporting spans the classrooms and district offices that shape local learning.

Former Newbury Students Face Garnishment Over Old Debt

Former Newbury Students Face Garnishment Over Old Debt

Newbury College is suing a former student for $28,000 in back tuition, with 20 others also threatened with wage garnishment.

Live Poll

Should former students still have to repay tuition owed to a college that closed?


Secondary Education

Live Poll

Should Boston close schools with declining enrollment to save resources?

Secondary Education

Boston Proposes Closing Charlestown High School

Boston Public Schools proposed closing Charlestown High School after enrollment fell sharply over the last three years.

Boston Proposes Closing Charlestown High School

Financial Aid

Financial Aid

Boston College Wins $328K Grant for Flood Research

A three-year National Science Foundation grant will fund student-built rainfall sensors to track hyperlocal flooding data across the city.


College Applications

College Applications

Hellenic College Reports 486 Enrolled Students

Combined enrollment includes 114 seminarians, according to a report presented at an October 2025 Archdiocesan Council meeting in New York.

Hellenic College Reports 486 Enrolled Students

Language Learning

Live Poll

Do you find that art and creative projects help you process personal grief and loss?

Language Learning

Poet Victoria Chang Visits Boston College

The renowned author discussed her creative process and latest work during a campus lecture.

Poet Victoria Chang Visits Boston College

Higher Education

Live Poll

Should universities align their endowment investments with the social and environmental values of their student body?

Higher Education

Boston College Students Demand Endowment Divestment

Student groups urge the university to pull endowment funds from fossil fuel and private prison companies.

Boston College Students Demand Endowment Divestment

More in Education

This section follows legislative mandates, public funding decisions, academic performance data and instructional initiatives. Coverage reaches across the city and the communities around it. Institutional governance and the evolving role of standardized testing often define the primary constraints on learning. Budget planning and enrollment trends surface as the most recurring topics that influence classrooms.