Education
Officials announced a new governance structure in eight Springfield Public schools in western Mass. The district's Innovation School Zone is an evolution of the district's Empowerment Zone they said, established a decade ago to turn around failing schools.
Ayu Suryawan
/
NEPM
We hear music with Levyosn before they perform at Yidstock, check in with the Springfield Jazz & Roots Festival, and McGovern with Rep. Jim McGovern.
Chris Schwantner
/
NEPM
Carrie Saldo and panelists discuss data centers in the 413, the challenge of filling aging government positions, potential for new high school graduation requirements, a new nature preserve in the Berkshires & much more.
More Regional News
News from NPR
- U.S.-Iran fighting appears to pause. And, life inside Israel's military zones in Gaza
- Waymo called the cops on teen riders, raising privacy concerns
- Shelling at night, gunfire by day in Israel's expanding zone of control in Gaza
- Count Binface: The intergalactic warrior who could upend Britain's strangest election
- No internet, no screen time? FCC weighs cutting subsidy that lowers school internet bills
- One of Spain's deadliest wildfires kills at least 12 people, with 23 others missing
- A federal panel advances Trump's proposed arch, despite unanswered questions
- Thousands of TPS holders close to losing work permits after SCOTUS ruling
Can't-Miss Stories
- 'I don't feel safe,' students at Smith College react to federal probe on college's trans women policy
- UMass forestry expert explores 'hidden cogs' of an old forest in Plainfield, Mass.
- Merriam-Webster publishes a new print dictionary in the digital age
- Holyoke teachers union, district agree to tentative contract
- 'To know is not enough': Hampshire College graduates reflect on their time as last graduating class
More from NEPM