Whos of Who-cester

Commissioner Riley is ending his tenure with the Department, submitting his resigning effective March 15 of this year: I am writing to let y...

I tweeted this out this morning , but I believe the thread is broken a few places, so... I hope we don't get a terrible Commissioner. ...

* title reference after the break, should you not know it I was having dinner with a friend who is active in her school district earlier th...

crossposted at MASC On August 17, the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education held a previously unscheduled summer meeting , due to the...

The Board of Ed begins meeting at 9 am; you can find the agenda here.  This is not a regular meeting; there will not be opening public comm...

From today's Commissioner's update : Message from Acting Commissioner Jeff Wulfson:  This has been a difficult week here at the ...

Yes, I know Commissioner Chester just died. It's also been so long since we've needed a new commissioner--Chester was appointed in 2...

Giving this its own post Appointed in 2008, he was the longest-serving Commissioner (/state superintendent) in the country. He was 65. Mor...

The Board of Education is having their June meeting in Malden this morning at 8:30. The agenda is here.   Posting as we go. Chair Sagan ju...

The Board of Elementary and Secondary Education meets for June on Tuesday at their offices in Malden.  You can find the agenda here.  A cou...

You can find the agenda here . Note that we'll hear from Scituate as part of the opening this morning, as Sciutate High School is hostin...

There were two main themes that emerged in testimony at the education hearing before the Joint Committee on Ways and Means Wednesday, March ...

back up is here Chester: don't want to run right past this moment in time Massachusetts history of setting strong standards, "env...

You can find the agenda here . There are two big items on the agenda: the state standards around math and English, and the state's fede...

The Board of Ed meets next Tuesday, and you might remember that this is the meeting at which they were scheduled to vote on the state's ...

Over the weekend, you may have caught this laudatory piece from MassLive on Springfield's Empowerment Zone. There was a parallel arti...

Sagan: hope you took it constructively "how we use this as an opportunity to raise standards across the Commonwealth" "I th...

recess as Higher Ed Board leaves agenda is here  comments on charter schools then votes on charter schools

meeting backup is here Chester: in final stages of updating math and ELA standards, have just done science MCAS "are such a hallmark ...

The Board of Education met in Malden on December 20. Note that the Board of Ed not only is now being livestreamed during the meeting, but t...