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On the cusp of potentially beginning an initiative petition process to end the MCAS graduation requirement, the MTA is not the organization it once was -- the increasingly larger, stronger union is transitioning into an ever-more active legislative agent.
Students of all ages are heading back to school and WBZ TV Political Analyst Jon Keller is looking at what's gone wrong since the Massachusetts Education Reform Act was passed 30 years ago.
A group of education and business organizations and leadership signed off on a letter to the Attorney General opposing the proposed ballot question to end the MCAS graduation requirement, claiming the drafted language is unconstitutional.
Nearly 20 education and business leaders are calling on the attorney general not to certify as ballot eligible an initiative petition removing the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) exam as a high school graduation requirement.
Attorney General Andrea Campbell has until Sept. 6 to certify the question, which seeks to remove the MCAS as a high school graduation requirement.