Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from serious learning. But for children play is serious learning. Play is really the work of childhood. – Fred […]
Social-emotional learning
Posted inEducation, Opinion
Time to include social-emotional measures in assessments
BY MANY MEASURES, the Commonwealth is leading the pack when it comes to public education. Massachusetts students score higher on standardized tests than their peers across the nation and high […]
Posted inEducation
Universal, broader screenings of students needed
THE OPIOID LEGISLATION taken up by the House this week excludes a controversial provision from the Senate bill requiring public schools to screen all students in grades 7 through 10 […]
