Celebrity professor Steven Pinker wants to save Harvard. But his own record raises a question: Is he the right guy for the job?

Companies are fleeing, residents are bolting, colleges are closing, hospitals are bleeding, and the federal government is rerouting our funding to red states. Inside the unraveling of the Bay State’s economy—and why the clock is ticking for all of us.

Your kid’s homework helper is now smarter than you. Time to catch up: Try acing this test about AI use in schools, created by none other than ChatGPT itself.

We crunched the numbers to come up with our guide to the region’s top-performing schools. Does your town make the grade?

AI can write better essays than your teenager and solve complex equations in a matter of seconds (no wonder they’re all cheating). Here’s how to prepare students for a world where the only advantage left is being human.

Inside Longwood’s most elite scientific social club, geneticists trade glowing worms, pin up worm-themed office art, and tell worm jokes over bagels. But will federal budget cuts turn this Nobel Prize–winning party into a wake?

When Sharon sophomore Rohan Shukla suffered a devastating brain injury during a Thanksgiving game, the Massachusetts town had to confront a difficult question: How can we get the balance of sports culture and student safety right?

How academic institutions like BU and MIT are turning Greater Boston into “the Silicon Valley of the octogenarian set.”

Fresh off her summer inauguration, Melissa Gilliam talks campus protests, Roe v. Wade’s repeal, and becoming a newly minted Terrier fan.

Two Massachusetts moms share their differing views.

Ding, ding, ding: Teens receive 240 app notifications per day—a quarter of them during school.

Is your kid always scrolling, even during meals or homework time? Here are four ways to take back control.

We asked two experts to parse the benefits and drawbacks of digital devices for students who learn differently.

A special report on our Tiktok-scrolling, Snapchat-loving, sleep-deprived teens—and what caregivers need to know to keep kids safe.

We crunched the numbers to come up with our annual guide to the region’s top-performing schools. Does your child’s make the grade?