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Governor:Deval Patrick
Commissioner of Education:Mitchell D. Chester
Quality Counts state grade:B
Pre-K-12 enrollment:954,648
Number of school districts:392
Number of public schools:1,829
Number of public school teachers:68,754
Unadjusted education spending per student:$14,699
Percent minority students:32.0%
Percent of students eligible for free/reduced price lunch:34.2%
Percent of students with disabilities:17.5%
Percent of English-language learners:5.8%
NAEP Mathematics 2011 percent proficient
4th grade math:58.4%
8th grade math:51.2%
NAEP Reading 2011 percent proficient
4th grade reading:50.4%
8th grade reading:46.1%

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The school system has agreed to take steps to make up for having violated the civil rights to thousands of students needing English instruction.
October 1, 2010 - Education Week
In their defense, educators say more federal guidance is needed on how to apply civil rights laws to programs for English-language learners.
August 10, 2010 - Education Week
In their defense, educators say more federal guidance is needed on how to apply civil rights laws to programs for English-language learners.
July 30, 2010 - Education Week
The state board's vote is seen as a tipping point in the effort to set common guidelines for what students learn in school.
July 21, 2010 - Education Week
Fall River uses well-informed action to transform atmosphere, expectations at once-troubled high school.
June 2, 2010 - Education Week
A Massachusetts school vaults a high set of bars to ensure that instruction across all core subjects is closely aligned with the state's standards.
January 7, 2010 - Education Week
Each will receive $50,000 from the governors’ group to help find ways to keep students in school and bring back those who left.
January 5, 2010 - Education Week
U.S. Department of Education officials are starting to gather input on how best to leverage $350 million in stimulus money for the effort.
November 13, 2009 - Education Week

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