Massachusetts’ current Education Secretary Patrick Tutwiler was one of Gov. Maura Healey’s first appointees when she was elected to office.

A report from Media Literacy Now finds more states are acting on media literacy education, but gaps between policy and classroom practice remain, including in Massachusetts, CEO Kyra Brissette tells GBH's All Things Considered.

The new statewide poll by MassINC Polling Group also shows parents are divided by the use of AI, and want more safeguards and digital literacy education.

”Basically, the referee has left the field,“ said Maura Sullivan, CEO of The Arc of Massachusetts, a nonprofit advocating for people with autism and intellectual disabilities.

The graduation council is due to produce a final report next year.

Advocates with Citizens for Public Schools say instead of a new test, the state should offer multiple ways for students to show they're ready to graduate.

The report from MassINC highlights the inequities in the educational settings for urban areas compared to suburban areas.

Experts say it’s more than just the interruption in education: Students are missing much more school than they used to, and standardized testing is no longer a priority in Massachusetts.

Leaders in the Mendon-Upton Regional School District say AI is a tool for "collaboration" in the classroom, not a cheat code.

Chesterton Academy of the Immaculata will be the first Massachusetts school in the global Chesterton network.