After the introduction of the Common Core State Standards ... Massachusetts first gave the MCAS in the late 1990s, first making it a graduation requirement for the 2003 graduating class. The exam, ...

Historians want to know who wrote a primary-source document, and for what purpose, because those factors shape how the reader would interpret the information. They triangulate information presented in ...

In this classroom activity, students will be able to recite the first verse and paraphrase ... source on the same topic. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.6-8.10 (Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity): By ...

Annual state assessments help all stakeholders — parents, teachers, districts, school boards — see a clear picture of how ...

on Instagram as she headed off to her first day of first grade. In the sweet snap, Ice (born Robert Van Winkle) can be seen smiling as he wears a hat and sunglasses while his little one leans on ...

When a Greek matriarch calls the family to the dinner table, she shouts “ela! ela!” meaning “come, come”. “It’s every mum’s calling card,” restaurateur Peter Conistis tells Broadsheet, two days before ...

In his first solo exhibition in 22 years, artist and former art teacher Ricky Yeung Sau-churk examines what he sees is a rise in mental illness in Hong Kong. “There is a close link between art ...

How do you feel about automated vehicles? What effects do you think they will have on your generation? Read this article and post your comments and questions for Matt Richtel by Nov. 14. By The ...

The Bay State maintains a clear edge even as its scores have stilled: Just 31% of Rhode Island the elementary and middle school students tested were at grade level in English language arts ...

Only about 7 percent of English language learners in the Boston Public Schools are enrolled in dual-language programs, a ...

The result is the first Living Arts Festival, which with modifications in the last two weeks, opens Nov. 8 and includes a half-dozen events before a closing “Celebration of Youth” on Nov. 17.

Like the guy who refers to “my current wife,” the title of “Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage” is pretty funny in a backhanded kind of way. But hardcore grammarians might raise a point ...