The Bay State's Secretary of Education and the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education are planning to review the Bay State's teacher licensing regulations and tests. About time!
Lots of changes need to be made, based on what we know from good research. The 2008 final report of the National Mathematics Advisory Panel (NMAP) found credible research on only one characteristic of an effective teacher: knowledge of the subject they teach. The more academically competent teachers are, the stronger the school curriculum and the more students learn.
BOSTON — Though a vote was planned for Wednesday on University of Massachusetts tuition and fees for the 2016-2017 school year, UMass President Marty Meehan recommended instead that action on tuition wait until July.
Administrators and trustees want to wait until the state budget process reaches its conclusion, university officials said in a statement to the News Service.
