FAMILIES

As lawmakers weigh proposals to make higher education more affordable for Massachusetts students, advocates on Tuesday hailed efforts to increase financial literacy and expand college sav…

Juana Aguirre grew up in rural El Salvador with no formal schooling, and she came to the United States in search of a better life. After 23 years working for the same East Boston company, she ma…

Erin Noon didn’t go to college, so when it was time for her son Benjamin to start thinking about higher education, she was lost. She didn’t know how to help him search for the right s…

BOSTON — A dozen students in Lynn, all part of the nonprofit FUEL Education program that helps families save for college, have been accepted to competitive schools with enough schol…