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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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A study highlighting the performance of special education students on Massachusetts’ state assessment shows that urban districts that perform well share common practices.
December 7, 2004 - Education Week
The Chelsea school district, which serves mainly low-income Latino students, is one of only three urban districts in Massachusetts that met goals for adequate yearly academic progress under the federal No Child Left Behind Act. The district is managed by Boston University.
November 23, 2004 - Education Week
Massachusetts high school students now have one more reason to study for the state’s high school exams: They’ll get free tuition at state universities if they score high enough.
November 2, 2004 - Education Week
In a legal victory for foes of race-conscious policies in K-12 schools, a federal appeals court last week struck down as unconstitutional a Massachusetts school district’s policy of using race and ethnicity to restrict student transfers.
October 26, 2004 - Education Week
Backers of the integration plan in Lynn, Mass., say students have reaped psychological benefits from going to school together.
June 9, 2004 - Education Week
Gov. Mitt Romney of Massachusetts has vowed to defeat efforts to slow the growth of charter schools in his state, after House lawmakers there approved a one-year moratorium on the independently operated public schools.
May 19, 2004 - Education Week
A Massachusetts judge ruled last week that while the state has spent billions of dollars on K-12 education over the past decade and has successfully set rigorous academic standards, the state must do more to help students from low-income families in its poorest districts.
May 5, 2004 - Education Week
The fallout from a union dispute at Salem High School in Salem, Mass., has led to teachers being barred from using the mailboxes to send information out without getting the prior approval from their principal. The issue has spawned an unfair-labor-practices grievance.
March 10, 2004 - Education Week
The Massachusetts board of education is expected this week to back a new state policy that will set up separate state-exam appeals processes for students with disabilities and regular education students.
January 28, 2004 - Education Week
Teachers in Massachusetts who have failed fluency tests in English are fighting to keep their jobs, even though a new anti-bilingual-education law in the state says they must give them up.
September 3, 2003 - Education Week

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