In light of the COVID pandemic’s impact on the school year, Massachusetts Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education Jeffrey C. Riley announced he will be recommending changes to the state’s graduation requirements…
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ESE Issues Fiscal Conditions in Rural School Districts Report
…to be distributed to rural school districts. It examines enrollment, staffing, spending trends, local aid, school choice, and charter school tuitions to understand the challenges facing rural districts. The report…
What’s next for Heath school kids? Community talks planned
…Heath Elementary School now has 31 students (two more Heath children enrolled this winter), and closing the sparsely populated school would save the Mohawk Trail Regional School District about $500,000….
Jennifer Charette
…College and a B.S. in Elementary Education from Framingham State University. The majority of her classroom experience stems from a grade six team teaching model within a rural public school….
New Resource on AI Literacy for Educators
…goals — helps bridge classroom learning with the decisions they will face outside school.” The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education released the learning module for educators, as well as…
Area students salute veterans for their service
A circle is a symbol of eternity and wholeness, with no beginning and no end. This makes it fitting that dozens of veterans, service members and Sunderland Elementary School students…
Massachusetts statewide school mask order coming
…to mask up in schools as we all work to meet or exceed the 80% vaccination benchmark that we’re talking about,” Peyser said. While it’s unclear how school district officials…
Massachusetts DESE Responds to USED Request for Certification
In a message from Interim Commissioner Patrick Tutwiler and the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) on April 9, 2025, the Department responded to the recent USED Request for…
Orange committee to discuss name and budget for new school on Thursday
…School. Orange has received state support for its plan to build a three-story addition to Fisher Hill Elementary School for preschool through second grade, to demolish the 39; adjacent Dexter…
State board rejects Hadley Chinese charter school expansion
…Malden, the board denied a 452-student enrollment increase at the charter school recommended by Mitchell D. Chester, the commissioner of elementary and secondary education. Chester called the decade-old school an…