IN AN ERA of heightened partisan divide, it is heartening to see our Democratic President and our Republican Governor in alignment on whether it is essential that children be tested this spring to measure the pandemic’s impact on students’ academic performance. The Biden administration recently announced that state education departments would have flexibility surrounding standardized […]
Henry Thomas III
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State oversight critical in education bill
AS HOUSE MEMBERS on Beacon Hill prepare to debate and vote Wednesday on the Student Opportunity Act, Massachusetts stands at a crucial moment in charting the course of education funding and improvement. For the sake of our students, families, and communities – as well as for the sake of our economy and democracy — it’s […]