Christopher Huffaker

The proposal would send $100 million to schools across the state, distributed according to projected enrollment in the coming academic year. That means each school district will get about $112 per student, on top of the billions in state aid already allocated as part of the $63 billion state budget signed last week.

Reading might feel like a slog, but videos and podcasts aren’t necessarily better for learning.

The movement comes more than a decade into a nationwide achievement decline — one which predates the pandemic, but not school-issued laptops.

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These students, all juniors at the health care-focused Boston Public Schools high school, were preparing to take the state-certified nursing assistant exam in April.

The schools chief said she does not expect a graduation rate decline in June.

Once reconciled and signed by Governor Healey, the legislation will mark a major increase in state oversight of local school districts.

The Senate bill would require the state to provide a complete early reading curriculum to districts for free.

Men were much more favorable towards the technology than women.

Many of the state’s largest districts and centers of immigrant populations saw particularly large declines, amid President Trump’s immigration crackdown.

Massachusetts students still lead the country in test scores, but their advantage has been shrinking.

State leaders are working to create new high school standards after voters revoked the MCAS test requirement.

The proposed “framework” had seven elements, including required courses, senior projects or portfolios, and financial literacy.

“Hopefully, when I let them know the cost, they will not want to do it," an official wrote in an email.

Statewide virtual schools have grown in enrollment by more than half since 2019.

The bill’s passage marks a rare setback for the Massachusetts Teachers Association, although the legislation still needs Senate approval.

Massachusetts House leaders plan to pass a bill this week that that would require school curriculums and teacher training be aligned with evidence-based reading instruction.

State officials said the recommendations are not final and the tests would not necessarily be high stakes.

Our math and reading scores have been declining for a decade. The “Southern Surge” should be a wake-up call.

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