…color, sex, gender identity, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, or immigration status. Those laws include the Massachusetts Student Anti-Discrimination Act, the Massachusetts Anti-Bullying Law, and Title IV and Title…
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Local Educator Selected for Safe and Supportive Schools Commission
…will be representing the Massachusetts Organization of Educational Collaboratives, and will be joining Commission members representing teachers, administrators, superintendents, special educators, counselors, and psychologists from across the Commonwealth, as well…
Local author shows how memory is critical to teaching struggling learners
…He specializes in helping educators work with struggling learners, including English learners. He also trains teachers across Massachusetts in understanding academic language, getting students to think more, and improving the…
Transforming Education for Social Justice Conference set to take place on March 29th, 2025
…and over 25 conference sessions spanning topics for elementary, secondary, and early educators as well as administrators and school/district leadership. These sessions are facilitated by young people, educators, school leaders,…
State’s education secretary gets an earful from educators, politicians in Northampton stop
…city and school officials, one student inquired whether he was the president. Tutwiler, the Massachusetts secretary of education, visited the school as part of a larger tour of public schools…
Graduation Rates Up, Dropouts Down in Massachusetts High Schools
Massachusetts four-year high school graduation rates climbed for the ninth year in a row in 2015 with some of the largest gains recorded by some minority groups and students from…
HEC Academy is one of 8 Massachusetts Green Team Program Grand Prize Winners
BOSTON — The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) today acknowledged students from 475 classrooms across the state who participated in the Green Team program, making the 2024-2025 school year…
Some Massachusetts high schools are turning graduation into a drive-thru parade
Despite the coronavirus pandemic, some high school seniors across Massachusetts will be able to line up to receive their diplomas, ceremoniously turn their tassels, and toss their caps — at…
‘I feel terrible about how all this has played out for you’: Gov. Charlie Baker tells Massachusetts high school graduates in state-wide virtual commencement
Gov. Charlie Baker gave the commencement address in a state-wide virtual ceremony for all 668 public and private high schools in Massachusetts on Tuesday night. The virtual ceremony was designed…
Children of migrant farm workers lose vital education services amid funding freeze
…seasonal and agricultural workers, or are US citizens. The Migrant Education Program, which has operated in Massachusetts since 1966, ensures children like Ery don’t fall behind academically as they transfer…