Fifty-five percent of parents support Question 2 to eliminate the MCAS graduation requirement and around 43 percent are ...

A "yes" vote would end the mandate requiring students to pass the 10th grade MCAS exam to graduate high school.

America’s Air Show” presented by the United States Marine Corps — and it did not disappoint. The weather was excellent, and ...

House Speaker Ron Mariano and Senate President Karen Spilka made their comments on Tuesday about the fall ballot questions.

As voters begin to weigh in on ballot questions with early voting, top Massachusetts Democrats are leaving the possibility ...

State Secretary of Education Patrick Tutwiler said he opposes eliminating the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System ...

Proponents argue that teachers shouldn’t have to “teach to the test.” If they are covering the scope and rigor of the state’s education standards well, they shouldn’t need to. Classroom instruction ...

As election day get closer and closer, Question 2 continues to divide top Massachusetts lawmakers. If the ballot question passes, the MCAS exam as a statewide graduation requirement will be removed.

Opinion By Edward Lambert Voters across the Commonwealth will decide on Nov. 5 whether to keep the MCAS as a high-school ...

Battle lines continue to form around a ballot question to change a key component of the education reform law that some say made Massachusetts the best educated state in the country, separating ...

The School Committee unanimously voted to endorse Question 2 on the Nov. 5 ballot that, if approved by voters, would remove passing MCAS as a graduation requirement for ...

National Assembly Majority Leader Kimani Ichung’wah has strongly dismissed Senator Samson Cherargei’s proposal to extend the ...