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Kirabo Jackson, professor of education and social policy at Northwestern University and former economic advisor to President Biden, discusses how education policy in the U.S. may shift under the new Trump administration.

Preschoolers are getting suspended or expelled at a rate three times higher than K-12 students.

You can find Claudene Wilson serving meals in the cafeteria, doing repairs and comforting crying students.

An advocacy group says a Virginia school board has agreed to pay $575,000 in a settlement to a former high school teacher who was fired after he refused to use a transgender student’s pronouns.

Schools in Massachusetts are banning cellphones from classes, but after a shooting at a Georgia high school left two students and two teachers dead, some are wondering if it’s important to give students cellphones. We look into the issue after getting an update on the deadly incident, including an expert who shares scenarios and situations where phones in class can...

Students are struggling to stay engaged in class at a time of poor mental health, shortened attention spans, reduced attendance and worsening grades. At the crux of these challenges? Addiction to cell phones. Cell phone bans are gaining traction around the country, but many say they’re not enough.

Cell phone bans are gaining traction, but many say they’re not enough.

Flerentin “Flex” Jean-Baptiste missed so much school he had to repeat his freshman year at Medford High outside Boston. At school, “you do the same thing every day,” said Jean-Baptiste, who was absent 30 days his first year. “That gets very frustrating.” Then his principal did something nearly unheard of: She let students play organized sports during lunch — if…

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Many of the survivors said they continue to live with the trauma of the day when 20 first graders and six educators were killed.

School violence has been in the spotlight during the past few months with stabbings, fights and threats in many Massachusetts schools. This comes in the wake of the pandemic and a shift in the way students are disciplined.  Many kids are struggling with their social-emotional health, peer pressure and the influence of social media. In some cases, this is...

We’re looking at the underlying issues that school officials say contribute to student violence.

A student severely beaten and a vice-principal stabbed are two recent examples of violence playing out at Massachusetts schools. As an eighth grader still traumatized by a vicious attack that was shared on social media recounts her story, we ask what’s being done to help students.

“She had grabbed my hair and threw me onto the ground.” That’s how a Boston eighth grade student remembers her beating, by a fellow student down the street from their school, this March. The 13-year-old Condon School student suffered a broken rib, cuts and bruises, and says she’s now scarred physically and emotionally. “It traumatized me,” she said. “I...

The NBC10 Boston Investigators are looking into cases of school violence and what needs to be done to keep kids safe.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced new regulations on Wednesday to improve the quality of school breakfasts and lunches by tightening the limits on salt and sugar.

U.S. agriculture officials announced new nutrition standards for school meals that will limit added sugars for the first time.

Fears of violence are escalation at the Condon School in South Boston after a fight near the school’s campus was shared on social media. The mother spoke to NBC10 Boston about what happened and says the attack left her 13-year-old daughter with a fractured rib....

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Newton’s teacher strike — now resolved, with students back in the classroom Monday — may have been the longest in recent memory for Massachusetts, but it certainly was not an isolated event, and now school districts facing contract negotiations are concerned they could be next to see picket lines. Teachers in the Bay State have been withholding their labor more…