EDUCATION

Today on The Rundown, panelists discuss the local impacts hydropower facilities across the region, the nicotine-free generation initiative, and an app that helps reduce screen time.

The student quiz show began in 1961 and is the longest continuously running broadcast show of its kind in Massachusetts.

A University of Massachusetts student involved in “Students for Justice in Palestine” was suspended in December, according to his attorneys. Now he is suing the school, alleging his First Amendment rights were violated.

We talk to Executive Director Tony Dunne and host Beth Ward of As Schools Match Wits and check in with board member and educator of The Sojourner Truth School for Social Change Leadership.

The Trump administration is continuing to attack New England’s liberal arts colleges, including those in western Massachusetts. Among the criticisms — they are too “woke" and tuition is too high. Reporter Diti Kohli from The Boston Globe recently asked ten school presidents to defend themselves.

We speak with author and educator Vilenti Tulloch, talk with the folx of Nourish Wellness Cafe as they expand to Easthampton and discuss language tricks with the Word Nerd.

Today on The Rundown, panelists discuss the funding impacts of record-low public school enrollment, a controversial battery storage unit coming to Agawam, and transparency, or lack thereof, of public records.

The city of Springfield will pay close to $15 million in settlements after two students in the school system reported their teacher harassed and sexually assaulted them.

Lawmakers will peer into the future and guess how much tax revenue Massachusetts can reliably count on to support state spending beginning six months from now and running through June 2027.

Today, panelists discuss devastating fires in Holyoke, evolving graduation requirements in Massachusetts, wastewater concerns in Pittsfield and much more.