The state's education commissioner oversees day-to-day operations of the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, which regulates public and charter K-12 schools, among other duties.

A federal judge in New Hampshire dealt a significant setback Monday to parents who claim their First Amendment rights were violated when school officials shut down their protest on the sidelines of a ...

"We do not set Harvard University’s policies with respect to its students, faculty, and other employees, or conduct on its campus," wrote Dr. Anne Klibanski, who leads the state’s largest health ...

Staffers at several agencies - among them the Departments of Defense, Energy and Transportation - face deadlines this month to resign now and continue receiving pay through September.

The “stop-work order” from the National Institutes of Health arrived hours after the Trump administration’s antisemitism task force said Monday night it would freeze more than $2 billion of funding.

Judge Beverly Cannone said from the bench Tuesday morning that the parties were “getting close,” but it remains unclear when the final jury will be set.

While part of this moment of crisis is self-inflicted, some of it is Trump-inflicted. It’s not clear when we’ll see light at the end of the tunnel, and things just get more complicated heading into an ...

Basem (Saleh Bakri) is a dedicated educator with a soft spot for two brothers from his village, Yacoub (Mahmoud Bakri) and Adam (Muhammad Abed Elrahaman). When a new counselor, Lisa (Imogen Poots), ...

The chef spent most of his professional career mastering European cuisine in some of Boston’s best restaurants. Now his cooking hits closer to home — and tickets are selling out.

He splits his time between Long Island City, N.Y., with his wife and 3-month-old daughter, and his other baby in the Seaport: He’s opening the first Boston branch of his East Village Korean gastropub, ...

7. Crumble half of the goat cheese and place it on the potatoes. Add the asparagus and spread it in a single layer. Top with the spinach mixture. Crumble the remaining goat cheese over the spinach.

3. Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured counter. With a bench scraper or dull knife, cut into the dough over and over until it comes together to form a rough ball. Shape it into a flat 5-inch ...