EDUCATION

Today on The Rundown, we discuss local reaction to U.S. strikes in Iran, threats waged against Job Corps, local advocacy for digital equity and public schooling in rural areas and much more.

The Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education announced Monday night that Holyoke Public Schools will exit chronically underperforming status on July 1.

The Jones Library staff and Amherst town officials held a "groundbreaking" event Wednesday for its renovation and expansion project. Construction will begin at the Jones after a decade of fundraising efforts.

Springfield’s Brightwood Elementary School participate in a “spirit tunnel” every day made up of their peers. The idea was inspired by "The Jennifer Hudson Show."

Panelists discuss a local town's role in the defense of the U.S. Dept. of Ed., concerns of civil rights rollbacks five years after George Floyd’s murder, Berkshire arts groups unified in infrastructure advocacy and much more.

We learn about how the Amherst chapter of A Better Chance is guiding young students of color toward achieving their dreams and check in with Rep. Jim McGovern.

A federal judge in Boston Thursday blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order to shut down the U.S. Department of Education and ordered employees who were fired in mass layoffs to be re-instated. Easthampton was among the plaintiffs.

We talk to folks from the Sojourner Truth Memorial Committee and visit Plainvill Farm for asparagus season.

We talk with John Sanders of DSP Shows about this year's Green River Festival, check out Franklin County Technical School's food pantry and McGovern with Rep. Jim McGovern.

Diving into a more than 150 year old tradition, one a law, that is still upheld by a couple of small Massachusetts towns and supports Massachusetts libraries.