Lieutenant Governor Karyn Polito has visited our award-winning Greater New Bedford Voc-Tech High School. The school is a national model of excellence for vocational education. I've always been a very strong advocate of vocational schools and it's great to see Governor Charlie Baker in alignment with the same thinking. His administration has sought to seek increases in vocational school expansions.
A panel of state and local education officials answered questions about the state of education Saturday at New Bedford's Bethel A.M.E. Church as part five of a six-part black history series.
A study has found that many vocational and technical high schools in Massachusetts have long waiting lists for students seeking admission at a time when well-paying jobs are going unfilled for lack of skilled labor.
The Northeastern University School of Law study found that at least 3,500 students were unable to get into public vocational schools in the past two years...