The campaign that pushed to eliminate MCAS scores as a statewide graduation requirement via the ballot box last fall missed a ...

DOLLAR SIGNS — Gov. Maura Healey will report raising $565,000 in June, according to her campaign, her biggest single-month ...

The group that backed a successful ballot question to end the use of the MCAS as a high school graduation requirement paid a ...

Pedro Martinez, formerly of Chicago Public Schools, officially started his job Tuesday morning. For some, Martinez is a divisive choice, while others are confident he'll fight hard for student needs.

NBC 10 Boston reported that DESE voted "to pass new regulations around the use of controversial 'time-out' rooms in schools ...

Debate over school control, a change in graduation requirements and the threat of cyberattacks. Those were just a few of the ...

A high-stakes battle over the future of education is playing out in the state that has long had the best public schools in the nation – Massachusetts. The likely overhaul of high school education and ...

BOSTON (WWLP) – A new Commonwealth Fund report shows that Massachusetts ranks first among U.S. states for overall health system performance. A news release from Governor Maura Healey’s office ...

While higher ed policy is shifting to focus on the value students receive from their education, Massachusetts and its free community college law is too focused on access.

WBUR's Rachell Sanchez-Smith recently spoke to Alex Eberhardt, the head of Massachusetts' LGBTQ Chamber of Commerce, to understand why the state missed the mark with its LGBTQ spending goals.

It's early, but mosquitoes with West Nile virus have already been detected in Massachusetts. The Department of Public Health announced June 17 that mosquitos trapped in Shrewsbury tested positive ...

Public health officials in Massachusetts said Tuesday that West Nile virus was confirmed in a mosquito sample in Worcester County. The sample was collected Friday in Shrewsbury. The state ...