"It's really unfortunate that this is the policy that we're discussing," said former Cambridge School Committee Vice-Chair Manikka Bowman. For Bowman, who is also a parent, the answer is simple.

In 2015, Marla Barkoff, MD, was a healthy mom and board-certified endocrinologist practicing at the University of Illinois Hospital in Chicago when a bunch of debilitating symptoms landed her on the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Across Massachusetts, students have been performing poorly on the MCAS English test ever since the pandemic. And Taunton is no ...

Question 2 on the Nov. 5 ballot seeks the elimination of the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System exam as a high school graduation requirement. This would mean that as long as a student meets ...

Taunton Public Schools saw improved performance on the MCAS test this year, with the percentage of students grades 3-8 who met or exceeded expectations increasing from 27% to 30% on the English test ...

EDITORIAL SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE EDITORIAL BOARD, WCVB PRESIDENT AND GENERAL MANAGER KYLE GRIMES, MASSACHUSETTS VOTERS HAVE SPOKEN, AND IT WILL NO LONGER BE A REQUIREMENT FOR PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL ...

State voters are being asked on the Nov. 5 election ballot to decide whether the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System test should remain a criterion for graduation. If a majority of voters ...