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This week Massachusetts education officials announced the most results of the most recent standardized assessment exam known as the MCAS. Only 13 districts saw students meet pre-pandemic learning levels in both Math and English Language Arts. Massachusetts Education Commissioner Patrick Tutwiler told NEPM, the results are both understandable and to some degree predictable.
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SchoolCare, a nonprofit insurer, sent invoices to 65 school districts and about 25 other public employers or insurers Wednesday to cover a $30 million shortfall. It cited an unanticipated spike in health care claims and pharmacy costs.
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The effort from the U.S. Health and Human Services relies on a procedure to strip entities from “doing business with the federal government.”
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The U.S. Department of Education said the college and career preparation advising is “not in the best interest of the federal government.” It would not say why.
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The superstar producer graduated from Dartmouth in 1991. Her gift will be used to build a new dormitory.
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Two programs in New Hampshire lost more than $30 million in federal money designed for students who are low-income or have disabilities or are the first in their family to go to college.
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New Hampshire Republicans are backing a bill that would limit how teachers could discuss the Constitution, LGBTQ+ issues, and the legal system. They named it the "Charlie Act" for slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
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Hundreds of students have left Chelsea public schools this year, as families exit a community — and a state — that’s become a prime target for immigration enforcement.
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Under a new state law, every district is required to establish policies to ensure school libraries have a process in place for handling challenges to books and other library materials.
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Harvard Business School professor Max Bazerman says he was shocked when his former colleague and friend Francesca Gino was accused of falsifying results in one of their behavioral science studies.