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Mitchell Chester, Massachusetts’ Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education has died. The Boston Globe reports Chester, who had been battling…
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Massachusetts education officials today released the annual accountability designations for the state’s public schools. About a third of the state’s…
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The Massachusetts Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education Thursday unveiled a turnaround plan for the public schools in Holyoke, which were put…
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A veteran educator with a track record of turning around struggling urban schools will be put in charge of a troubled western Massachusetts school system.…
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Work begins today to develop a turnaround plan for the public schools in Holyoke, Massachusetts. A temporary advisory group appointed by the Massachusetts…
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The Massachusetts Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education, Mitchell Chester, is in Holyoke today. It is his first visit since a state education…
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For just the second time a public school system in Massachusetts has been put into receivership. The Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary…
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With state receivership for the public schools in Holyoke, Massachusetts appearing increasingly likely, the city’s Superintendent of Schools is hoping for…
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Massachusetts education officials have dropped a proposal to include classroom performance evaluations as a criteria for renewing the licenses for…
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For the first time under a 2010 education reform law in Massachusetts the state is taking over four struggling schools. The state will place into…