Voters narrowly reject zoning change to boost housing production
November 6, 2026
In an ongoing effort to whittle down the city’s portfolio of school buildings to “approximately 95” by 2030, Boston Public Schools officials announced a fourth cycle of closures and reconfigurations on Monday that includes the closing of Charlestown High School in 2028 and the moving of Dorchester’s Boston International Newcomers Academy (BINcA) from its current home on Maxwell Street to the former Grover Cleveland building at 11 Charles St. in Fields Corner by next September.
Nefertiti Walker will serve as interim chancellor of UMass Boston.
Six standout educators from Dorchester’s Saint John Paul II Catholic Academy gained the spotlight recently as the school celebrated its dedication to teaching and the
In neighborhoods across Boston, from Dorchester to Roxbury to Hyde Park, families are raising bright, curious toddlers who grow up hearing and speaking more than
Dr. Scott Brooks, a sociologist, author, and global sports leader, is the new holder of the Dr. J. Keith Motley Endowed Chair for Sport Leadership
The Cedar Grove Civic Association awarded 29 local students $250 scholarships each at its annual student scholarship event during its monthly meeting last Wednesday (Oct.
Mayor Michelle Wu highlighted advances in Boston Public Schools’ performance and announced initiatives Monday night in her second annual State of the Schools address at
Boston Public Schools is inviting students, parents, staff, and community members to help select a new name for the merged Shaw-Taylor Elementary School. The process,
Crispus Attucks Children’s Center in Grove Hall celebrated 55 years of nurturing and educating Boston’s youngest learners with an anniversary Garden Celebration on Sat., Sept.
If there’s one word that describes 17-year-old student-athlete Kelvin Nworie, it’s “leader” – on the playing field, in the classroom, and at home.
Boston Municipal Research Bureau is calling attention to the challenges facing the nearly 14,554 BPS students who attend the district’s 31 open enrollment high schools.
The ads targeted for rider eyes on the MBTA were part of a larger campaign that will include signs on billboards in Boston.
Prime Minister Francisco Carvalho of Cabo Verde joined Boston Public Schools (BPS) officials and Cape Verdean leaders on Monday as they hailed the new Kriolu
Funding is tight in Boston’s public schools (BPS), with budget cuts forcing layoffs for more than 500 teachers as rising costs, flat revenues, and the
Dorchester’s Dr. Lianne Hughes-Odom, the principal at Dorchester’s Oliver Wendell Holmes K-6 Innovation School, will be honored by the Alnoba Lewis Family Foundation on Wed.,
It’s the beginning of a new school year, and I’m thinking back to the summer of 2017. I had walked into a brand new school,
Mayor Michelle Wu visited UMass Boston’s Dorchester campus on Monday to launch a partnership between the school’s Urban Public Health Department and the city’s Public
