The state's in-demand vocational schools will most likely turn to a lottery admissions system, and the MCAS will still be in "limited" use. The post State education board backs admission lottery for ...

Vocational schools will now use a lottery system for admissions across Massachusetts, following a state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education vote altering the long-controversial admissions ...

BOSTON - The Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education voted Monday to raise MCAS scores required for high school graduation. The changes would start with the class of 2026 ...

BOSTON - The Massachusetts Board of Education is now considering whether to ban or restrict the use of electronic devices, like cell phones, in school. There are already schools in the state that ...

BOSTON (SHNS) – The Massachusetts Board of Education could advance draft regulations Tuesday in response to a voter-approved law that removed the requirement that students to pass the MCAS exam ...

The head of the Massachusetts Teachers Association criticized public education's "focus on income, on college and career readiness" in comments before the Massachusetts Board of Elementary and ...

The Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education violated the Open Meeting Law in January when its chairperson invited a panel of speakers to discuss antisemitism in schools without ...

Outgoing Chicago Public Schools chief Pedro Martinez was tapped to become the next commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education after board members voted in ...

A hot mic at a Massachusetts school board meeting accidentally picked up a board member calling a father advocating for his autistic son a “pain in the a–” following his impassioned speech.