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Resolving to "show up" for youth and bolster safety for all Massachusetts communities, about two dozen gun violence prevention activists gathered outside the State House Thursday demanding that elected leaders pass stronger gun control laws to crack down on what they described as a public health crisis.

Beacon Hill’s Big Three have now all come out against this ill-conceived priority of the Massachusetts Teachers Association.

Deb McCarthy followed a family path into public education, becoming a fifth-grade teacher in the same small coastal Massachusetts town where her mother taught for more than 50 years.

The bill’s advocates gathered Wednesday over Zoom to argue that the high-stakes MCAS has been a failure, blocking vulnerable students from pursuing their goals in higher education and careers.

BOSTON — In a week where students across Massachusetts will sit for state-required standardized tests, a newly formed coalition of education organizations will step into the arena and throw its support behind the controversial exams against a backdrop...

A new coalition called The Voices For Academic Equity, which includes influential groups including Teach for America Massachusetts, announced a campaign to continue backing the state's standardized test with a new report, saying its benefits far outweigh possible flaws. This follows recent calls to eliminate the MCAS.

BOSTON — Going into a week where students across Massachusetts will sit for state-required standardized tests, a newly formed coalition of education organizations will step into the arena and throw its support behind the controversial exams against a...

Union members say Worcester teachers make $10,000 to $13,000 less than educators at similar districts, and it is creating a retention crisis.

The shortage of school teachers and staffers has reached a crisis level in some public schools. An education advocacy group is making recommendations to fix that. Pennsylvania serves more than 1.7-million students in grades K through 12. ...

"The score ... is simply a measure of who is a good test taker."