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Boston Schools

Cambridge Rindge and Latin School Exterior Entrance
City Politics

People’s Forum on Graduation Readiness Held After Vote to Eliminate MCAS

After a November ballot measure eliminated the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System as a state graduation requirement, officials on Beacon Hill are developing new guidelines to define graduation readiness. Cambridge and Somerville residents are working to ensure their voices are heard in the process.

Playgrounds in Allston
Allston

As Schools in Allston-Brighton Downsize, What’s Left for the Neighborhood’s Families?

Under a recent slate of school closures and downsizings, many Allston families now worry the neighborhood’s ability to support them may be floundering.

Mary Lyons Meeting Protest
City Politics

Brighton Residents Organize Rally to Protest Proposed High School Closure

Approximately 50 parents, students, teachers and Brighton residents rallied outside the Mary Lyon Upper School on Tuesday night to protest the high school’s proposed closure, before attending a meeting with district officials inside.

Massachusetts State House
Cambridge Schools

Ed Department Report Finds Massachusetts Fails to Support Students with Special Education Needs

A Department of Education report made public on Feb. 12 stated that the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education has failed to comply with a federal law to provide support for students with disabilities.

Graduate School of Education Outside
Cambridge Schools

Education Experts Say Teacher Autonomy Is Key to Sustaining Educators’ Careers

Education experts argued that maintaining teacher autonomy was important to sustaining educators’ careers at the first event in the 2025 Education Now webinar series, hosted by the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

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