Education Commissioner

The Baker administration on Tuesday will seek permission to impose a mask mandate for all staff and children age 5 and older enrolled in state-licensed pre-k and other early education programs.

The Board of Elementary and Secondary Education has given Commissioner Jeff Riley the authority to mandate masks in K-12 schools for the start of the third academic year influenced by the pandemic.

Lawmakers used a procedural motion to block the bill from being sent to committee.

In a wide-ranging interview, outgoing New Bedford Schools Superintendent Dr. Pia Durkin gives her reasons for resigning and addresses her critics.

Boston (AP) - The state is looking for help designing a new version of the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System test. The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education on Tuesday formally requested proposals from private companies to help develop and build the ``next-generation MCAS'' test...

Mass. Education Commissioner Mitchell Chester says he's encouraged by what he saw Thursday in New Bedford's underperforming schools. Chester visited both the Parker School and New Bedford High School. Addressing the School Committee Thursday night, Chester said in both schools he saw serious learning taking place...

The state's Commissioner of Education is visiting New Bedford on Thursday, stopping at two of the city's underperforming schools for meetings with teachers, administrators and parents. Mitchell Chester will start his day visiting classroom at the Parker Elementary School, which the state has designated as a level five school or chronically underperforming...