EDUCATION

Schools in Massachusetts have reopened after the height of the coronavirus pandemic, but for parents with kids under 5, child care is a lingering problem.

At over $20,000 a year, the average price of infant care in Massachusetts is the highest among the 50 states.

In Massachusetts, the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education is ending its COVID-19 testing program.

Educators and others who work with children are continuing to grapple with the shooting last week in Uvalde, Texas, that left 19 elementary school students and two teachers dead.

Tama Lang, from Litwin Elementary School in Chicopee, has been named counselor of the year in Massachusetts.

Lesli Suggs, the president and CEO of the Home for Little Wanderers, joined WBUR's Morning Edition host Rupa Shenoy to talk further about this.

School district takeovers by the state of Massachusetts, known as receivership, haven't worked, according to an analysis of data by The Boston Globe.

Northampton and Leverett say rising COVID-19 case rates warrant the wearing of masks in school again.

Lawmakers will consider giving immigrants without legal status a pathway to get a state driver's license, and further consider sports gambling this week at the Massachusetts Statehouse.

A controversy continues in Easthampton, Massachusetts, over remarks Mayor Nicole LaChapelle made to high schoolers.