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The Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE), sometimes referred to as the Massachusetts Department of Education, is the state education agency for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, identified by the U.S. Department of Education. [4] It is responsible for public education at the elementary and secondary levels.
The MTEL is designed to align with state-regulated expectations of subject matter familiarity and state curriculum frameworks. Most MTELs contain sub-areas that correspond to the broader academic subjects, i.e., the General Curriculum Multi-Subject test includes various sub-areas such as language arts, history and social science, etc.
Massachusetts Question 2, a ballot initiative passed in 2024, repealed the requirement for students to pass the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) to receive a high school diploma. [ 13 ] While the MCAS will continue to be administered annually from grades 3 through 10 as an academic benchmark, the initiative removes the ...
Youth apprenticeship has been successfully piloted in a number of states including, Washington, Wisconsin, Colorado, Oregon, North Carolina and South Carolina. In these states, thousands of high school students engage in both classroom technical training and paid structured on-the-job training across a number of high-growth, high-demand industries.
The BESE is unique in that 1 of its 11 members is a Massachusetts public school student. Legislation filed in 1971 by Governor Francis W. Sargent created the position. By this same legislation, the Massachusetts State Student Advisory Council was established. The Chairperson of this Council sits as a full voting member on the BESE.
The Gardner News has contacted Craig Murdock, the Murdock Middle School principal, Dr. Ruthann Petruno-Goguen, interim superintendent of schools, and Heidi Bevacqua, dean of students, as well as ...
Each week is designated as either 'A' week or 'B' week. During an 'A' week, approximately half of the student body are in their vocational shop for the entirety of the school day while the other half attend academic classes. The next week, the students switch to a 'B' week schedule, where the classes taken (academic or vocational) are switched.
The school of music was joined with their neighboring school, John D. O'Bryant School of Mathematics & Science, which students of both schools shared classes and held concerts and talent showcases. Students enrolled in the division also had the choice to choose their career path in music, taking 2 classes of their choice per year.