Paraprofessionals — often called paras — play an integral role in classrooms. We support students by helping them meet their goals. We help teachers with lessons and share feedback on what supports ...

There’s an urgent push to hire paraprofessionals at schools, with just weeks to go until the new school year. Paraprofessionals are the assistants in the classroom who support the teacher by leading ...

At the beginning of the school year, 35 Cohasset school employees were notified by a memo that the way they had been paid in the past was changing. What they were going to be paid, how they were going ...

Cambridge Public Schools parents and staff advocated for increased paraprofessional staffing — with no success — at a Tuesday School Committee meeting on the district’s fiscal year 2026 budget.

For months, paraprofessional union leaders have been expressing their dissatisfaction with ongoing negotiations over a contract with New Haven Public Schools. Local 3429, a union representing over 400 ...

Nan Peters has been working as a paraprofessional in Rochester for nearly 40 years, and the shortage of workers today is about the worst she's ever seen. Peters was one of several paraprofessionals ...