Data: Center for Education Policy Research at Harvard University; Note: There was a three-year gap in data from 2019–2022; Chart: Axios Visuals Students in Massachusetts K–12 schools are on average ...

The UConn women’s lacrosse team (5-3) got within one goal of Yale in the third quarter of Wednesday afternoon’s contest, but the Huskies fell short for the third time this season, losing ...

Five years after the pandemic, only 20% of fourth graders who are Black, Latino or from low-income households scored ...

State Treasurer Deborah Goldberg wants more state money for the lottery. But why should we expand a program that takes money ...

Pi Day is celebrated annually on March 14, because its numerical date aligns with the first three digits of the mathematical constant π, 3.14. And in some places, particularly Massachusetts colleges, ...

While attempts to ban books are on the rise nationwide, local libraries discuss how they handle challenges to controversial ...

Hosted by Jesse Palmer, the competition show features some of the country's best bakers as they complete unique, spring-themed baking challenges for the chance to win $25,000 and a feature in Food ...

Mount Wachusett Community College has received a $20,000 grant to expand its Child Watch program to help student-parents ...

A teacher training program for early childhood educators in Springfield and Holyoke has fallen victim to sweeping budget cuts ...

The quality services one local woman received at the Ayer Library growing up recently inspired one local foundation to ensure ...

Schools and local food banks will lose about $1.1 billion from the U.S. Department of Agriculture for the purchase of food ...

The final UMass game as a flagship member of the Atlantic 10 did not end well, as the Minutemen were knocked out of the ...