BOSTON, MA – Massachusetts students will soon be facing a new standardized test after the state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education voted to combine elements of the existing MCAS…
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Charter school debate looms over raising state caps
NORTHAMPTON, MA — As government officials debate whether to lift a cap on the number of charter schools allowed in the state, the local chapter of the League of Women…
School transportation costs a burden to Mohawk Trail
…that of the state’s 10 most populous cities combined. To encourage rural towns to form more efficient regional school districts in the 1960s, the state promised to cover busing costs….
Mohawk supt. seeks ‘rural school aid’
…proposal to establish rural school aid as part of the state’s Chapter 70 educational aid formula. Part of the plan is to support state legislation that would get this additional…
Youth substance abuse prevention programs get state funding
BOSTON (WWLP)–Youth substance use prevention programs across the state will receive grant funding through a state health initiative. The Executive Office of Health and Human Services (EOHHS) and the Department…
Massachusetts House restores $17.5 million for kindergarten expansion grants to state budget
…grants passed unanimously, 155-0, despite calls for a future conversation about how kindergarten is funded in the state. “Schools are counting on the money in just a few weeks,” state…
CES Profile – Play is Serious Work
…unique set of needs. One family working with Noël Kesselheim, another pediatric occupational therapist at the OTC, initially required sessions to occur in darkness to avoid triggering their little girl’s…
Local schools to form rural association
…per student this year. Exemption from a state School Building Authority rule that requires districts to return state money used to renovate school buildings if those under-used buildings are later…
Driving Through Mud: How Rural Mass. Schools Are Coping With Rising Transportation Costs
…have been declining in enrollment. Between 2008 and 2017, rural schools in the state lost 14 percent of their students. Fewer students translates to less funding overall from the state….
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