Christopher Huffaker

High school graduation rates for Boston Public Schools reached an all-time high in 2025, eliminating a two-year drop-off and restoring gains made since the pandemic, according to new state data.

Boston Public Schools nearly doubled the size of its bureaucracy over the past decade, hiring staff who do not work in classrooms as federal money poured in to tackle growing student needs from the pandemic.

Many more Boston students are now on track to meet the district's new course requirements to graduate, school administrators said.

Newly released results from a national assessment offered a rare bright spot for America's students , showing that 9-year-olds appear to have regained some of the math and reading skills lost during the pandemic

Reading might feel like a slog, but videos and podcasts aren't necessarily better for learning.

Milton town and school officials are hurrying to analyze the potential purchase of Labouré College, a private nursing school closing this summer , with an eye toward converting it into a prekindergarten and kindergarten.

Governor Maura Healey filed legislation Wednesday to send an extra infusion of money to local school districts in the wake of a difficult budget season that saw many communities planning teacher layoffs and other belt-tightening.

EICHENZELL, Germany — On Aug. 27, 1776, German soldiers hired by Great Britain took part in their first major battle of the American Revolution, playing

BERLIN — German education officials faced a conundrum this year all too familiar in the United States: Student test scores had been sliding for more than a decade, fueling calls for sweeping reforms.