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Question 2: What to know about removing the MCAS graduation requirement
Question 2 would remove the graduation requirement to pass the MCAS. Students would still take the test, but their diploma would hinge instead on their district's graduation standards. Voters will decide if Massachusetts high schoolers should be required to pass the MCAS to graduate as one of the November election’s...
New England weather this week: Cool
It'll be yet another mainly quiet week for New England after Monday. With that said, a trough will hang around for most of the week, providing chilly nights and cool days. An area of low pressure will move north of New England today. This will drag its cold front across the region. A surface low will likely form along the front while over New England, which will result in a period of widespread rainfall, with some heavier downpours and possibly some rumbles of thunder.
Why Massachusetts’ Oldest Restaurant is an Absolute Must-Visit
Massachusetts certainly has its fair share of fantastic restaurants and eateries throughout the state. Most are even known for being as some of the best throughout the New England region. But as there is in most states, there's always one that will achieve a certain iconic status. It's a restaurant that you can't afford to pass up the opportunity to dine at given the chance and it happens to be the oldest restaurant in the Bay State. And now it's also being called the one "cant-miss" spot throughout all of Massachusetts.
LTTE: The real threat to democracy: Maura Healey
To the editorTo the editor: In late July Governor Healey signed into law H.4885, a new law regarding firearms within the Commonwealth. Typically a new bill will go into effect 90 days after being signed, meaning, it would go into effect in late October. The Governor has the power to sign an “emergency preamble” before the 90 […] The post LTTE: The real threat to democracy: Maura Healey appeared first on Itemlive.
Mass. pols nab nearly $60M to fight opioid crisis statewide
The state Department of Public Health and the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe will share in nearly $60 million in federal grant money to fight opioid addiction statewide. The money will come from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Democratic U.S. Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey, joined by all nine members of the state’s U.S. House delegation, said Monday.
The Most Spine-Chilling Haunted Attractions in Maine, New Hampshire, & Massachusetts
Halloween in New England has changed a lot in the last few decades. In the 1980s and 1990s, kids dressed up and went trick-or-treating. In the 2020s, most trick-or-treating is done in the form of trunk-or-treats or big community events, like Augusta's Trick-or-Treat on Water Street. In the '80s and...
Why have MCAS scores dropped in Massachusetts?
BOSTON - Why have Massachusetts MCAS scores measuring student learning and retention continued their years-long slide to well below pre-pandemic levels? Education Secretary Patrick Tutwiler said literacy is partially to blame.Promoting literacy education"We know what part of the problem is, where we see the biggest challenge on the MCAS, particularly our younger students, third grade, fourth grade, fifth grade, is in the space of literacy," said state Education Secretary Patrick Tutwiler. "Right now, less than half of third graders are performing at proficient or above on the MCAS [in English Language Arts]."The state has launched a $20 million initiative to...
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