EDUCATION

We begin our "Meet the Mayors" segment with Mayor Joshua Garcia of Holyoke, Mass., get to the core definitions of love with The Word Nerd, Emily Brewster, and have law professor Jennifer Taub explain the mess of grand juries and former presidents within which we are currently entrenched.

In their complaint, Everett's top school officials allege “blatant and overt acts of discrimination and retaliation” by Everett’s mayor, Carlo DeMaria, and his allies in city government. DeMaria disputes the charges.

Artistic director Jane Eilber and dancer Anne Souder of The Martha Graham company chat with us on legacy and evolution ahead of their show at Umass, and we hang out with Laurie Cuevas of Thomas Farm & Dairy in Sunderland, who lets us hug it out with all the baby goats.

We chat with local astronomer Salman Hameed and astronaut Cady Coleman about space things! But that's not all Coleman does; she also plays flute! So we brought her bandmate Chris Devine of Minstrels in the Gallery along to give us some cosmic music.

Rosemary Caine brings her harp and her band. Emer Maguire and Gerald Costello of Elms College help us learn a little Irish. And Sean Barry of Four Seasons Wine brings us to the whiskey thunderdome.

CISA comes through with Alice Coleman of Stony Hill Farm in Wilbraham to let us know what's good growing in the wintertimes. And professor Ilan Stavans gets expansive on his new book "The People's Tongue," in which Peter Sokolowski of NEPM and Merriam-Webster has an article, so we bring him along too.

People who don't have basic digital skills, such as knowing how to upload a resume, often struggle to apply for jobs. That's also true for people without computers or internet access. During a labor shortage, employers miss out on these job applicants.

Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey's administration is allocating $7.5 million for rural school assistance grants — a 36% increase from last year's $5.5 million allocation.

Ethnomusicologist Tim Eriksen shows us the ways of shape note singing, we mcgovern with Rep. Jim McGovern, and conductor Keith Lockhart chats with us about the upcoming Tanglewood season

In Massachusetts, teachers of color are 107% more likely to be in their first or second year of teaching than white teachers, the report said. A state law requires non-tenured staffers be cut first during budget shortfalls.