Updated: 5:45 PM EDT Apr 25, 2021 Middle school students in Massachusetts are returning to full-time, in-person learning this week in order to comply with a mandate from state education officials.Jeffrey Riley, commissioner of the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, announced last month that hybrid and remote learning models will no longer count toward meeting the required student learning time hours as of Wednesday, April 28.Riley's decision meant that districts and schools must shift their learning model for middle school grade levels to in-person instruction five da...