Over the past few decades, the City of Worcester has undergone substantial demographic and economic changes. As an economic and population hub in central Massachusetts, studying past changes helps us to better understand the current regional conditions and to think in a more informed way about the future.

The Worcester Regional Research Bureau is pleased to release Bureau Brief - Worcester's 2023 Election, a Primer.

The Worcester Public Schools (WPS) is undergoing an evolution in governance, most notably with the shift to district based representation on the School Committee.

According to the USDA, in 2021, 33.8 million people (including 5 million children) in the United States lived in households that experienced hardships providing enough food.

The yearly budget of the Worcester Public Schools is complicated, and necessarily so. With 23,735 students and 5,149 employees spread across 46 schools, there are many moving parts of which to take account.

Due to a coalition of local organizations and a vote by the City Council, Worcester voters this November will have the chance to adopt a 1.5 percent property tax surcharge for the purposes of funding community preservation projects.

This document expands on that report, by looking at three years of data, examining internet connection speed, and WPS student access.

On May 17, 2021, Worcester Public Schools (WPS) will resume offering full in-person learning for grades 9-12.

On May 3, Worcester Public Schools (WPS) will resume offering full in-person learning for all grades up to grade 8. Families can opt in to in-person learning or can choose to remain with remote learning.

Some parents may be eager to send their children back to school for real or perceived improvements in educational quality, while others may hold back because of a belief that the risk of contracting or spreading COVID-19 remains too high to risk classroom situations.