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State-mandated tests must by state law be based on a state's official standards. That is why the tests currently given in the Bay State (aka MCAS 2.0) are aligned to Common Core. MCAS 2.0 tests are based on or aligned to the Common Core standards for
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By Katie Lannan STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE Students, educators and others who say the cost of a college education has ballooned out of control took their calls for relief to the State House on Thursday and said that if lawmakers don't act, they're prepared to ask
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By Katie Lannan STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE FALL RIVER — Forty percent of students in public K-12 schools in Massachusetts are children of color, but only 6 percent of teachers in those same schools are people of color, Elementary and Secondary Education Commissioner Jeff Riley told lawmakers Monday.
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The largest teachers union in Massachusetts is endorsing a planned Youth Climate Strike this week, in which students plan to skip school to demand implementation of the Green New Deal. The board of directors of the Massachusetts Teachers Association unanimously passed a motion supporting the strike, according to the union.
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By Matt Murphy STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE University of Massachusetts President Marty Meehan laid out a plan on Monday to create a new "online college" for adult students that he said could become the system's bulwark against increasing financial pressures on college campuses caused by competition
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As intended, Common Core's standards shape tests determining "college and career readiness." But, unfortunately, they affect the preparation of teachers and administrators, as well. How they do so is not well understood by most parents. Here's how it works. Stay with me, because even
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My old bones ache from an uncomfortable bus ride and I'm still catching up on my sleep. But I've rarely been more inspired. The March for Life will do that for you.
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Reading instruction is one of the very few areas where it is not the case that "more research is needed." Education policy makers have had the theory and the evidence for decades. The central problem they face in providing effective reading instruction and a sound reading curriculum stems
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