Newsletters Archive

June 2025: Student Changemakers

June 30, 2025

May 2025: Literacy Launch

May 30, 2025

April 2025: Spreading Student Support

April 30, 2025

March 2025: Reimagining Graduation

March 31, 2025

Feb 2025: Curriculum Matters

February 24, 2025

Jan 2025: COE Look Back

January 22, 2025

Dec 2024: SCOTUS Affirmative Action Impact

December 18, 2024

Nov 2024: MCAS What's Next?

November 27, 2024

Oct 2024: Ballot Question 2

October 28, 2024

Sept 2024: Newcomer Students

September 26, 2024

Summer 2024: Supporting Unhoused Students

August 12, 2024

June 2024: Early College

June 27, 2024

May 2024: Educator Diversity

May 30, 2024

April 2024: MCAS Grad Requirementt

April 29, 2024

March 2024: Rethinking Grading

March 05, 2024

Feb 2024: MCAS Ballot Initiative

February 06, 2024

Jan 2024: COE Look Back

January 08, 2024

Dec 2023: SCOTUS Affirmative Action Decision

December 01, 2023

Nov 2023: COE Western MA

November 01, 2023

Oct 2023: STEM Pathways Blueprint

October 01, 2023

Bill Analysis: An Act to promote student learning and mental health (S.2549)

July 23, 2025

This bill analysis examines a piece of legislation that would ban cell phones during the school day, responding to a growing body of research indicating that social media and cell phone use are major contributors to increasing youth mental health challenges. The legislation would require all schools or districts to enact a policy regarding the use of personal electronic devices during school hours.