Education

Massachusetts statewide school mask order coming

Posted on Wednesday, August 25th, 2021 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Kate Lannon, State House News Service
Date: 8/24/2021
Link: Complete Article

BOSTON — Massachusetts is poised to start its third pandemic-influenced academic year with a mask mandate in place across K-12 schools, after a 9-1 vote Tuesday by the state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education. Education Commissioner Jeff Riley said the mandate he plans to impose will require all students and staff to wear masks indoors… [Read More]

Miguel Cardona chosen as Secretary of Education

Posted on Wednesday, January 20th, 2021 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Blad/Ujifusa, Education Week
Date: 1/14/2021
Link: Complete Article

Miguel Cardona remembers how overwhelmed he felt when he walked into school for the first time as a student. The son of parents who moved to Meriden, Conn., from Puerto Rico as children, he lived in public housing and didn’t speak English as a young child. “I remember my first day of kindergarten at John… [Read More]

Senate panel rejects Trump’s proposed federal education cuts

Posted on Wednesday, September 13th, 2017 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Joe Heim, Date: 9/7/2017
Link: Complete Article

The Senate Appropriations Committee voted overwhelmingly Thursday to approve a spending bill that rejects President Trump’s proposed cuts to education funding for fiscal year 2018 and, for now at least, derails the administration’s goal of directing federal dollars toward promoting and expanding school choice and private school vouchers. The 29 to 2 vote on the… [Read More]

Obama Education Rules Are Swept Aside by Congress

Posted on Monday, March 13th, 2017 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Dana Goldstein, New York Times
Date: March 9, 2017
Link: Complete Article

With all the attention paid to President Trump’s lightning-rod secretary of education, Betsy DeVos, and her advocacy for private school vouchers, little public notice has been paid to the action on education in Congress — where lawmakers have broader power than Ms. DeVos to make changes to the nation’s school system. Now, Congress has done… [Read More]