The 2023 MCAS results, released Tuesday, showed the lasting effects of pandemic school closures across the state — in large and small districts, rural and urban, wealthy and poor, almost without ...

Neal J. Riley is a digital producer for CBS Boston. He has been with WBZ-TV since 2014. His work has appeared in The Boston Globe and The San Francisco Chronicle. Neal is a graduate of Boston ...

With every teachers’ union pushing for the passage of Question 2 on the November ballot, the recent release of a study reviewing the pros and cons of that proposition sheds light on what dismantling ...

The Massachusetts Teacher’s Association (MTA) is continuing to fight for the removal of MCAS as a high school graduation requirement. Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System exams, or MCAS, are ...

Based on my 26 years of teaching experience, I am confident in saying that no one test should determine whether a student receives a high school diploma. Yet, for decades we have been doing just that ...

State Education Secretary Patrick Tutwiler speaks about a new initial framework for statewide graduation standards at an event at Dedham High School on Monday, Dec. 1, 2025. Massachusetts high ...

When Ricardo Rosa isn't teaching educational leadership and policy studies at UMass Dartmouth, he's instructing parents on how to opt their children out of the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment ...

Voters shall have the opportunity to make Massachusetts’ educational system more just for all students. By voting YES on Question 2, we can eliminate the narrowed curricula created by the ...

WATCH: Keeping the graduation requirement is on the ballot in November. Associate editor and columnist Adrian Walker makes the case for it to stay. (undefined) With a $250,000 ad buy earlier this week ...

TAUNTON — Thirteen Taunton Public Schools students received perfect scores on the 2024 MCAS tests and were given trophies for their accomplishments, the district announced. "Kids need to feel like ...