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BOSTON – Massachusetts students lost the top spot in math and reading test scores and the organization known as "the nation's report card" says the COVID pandemic is to blame. New data from the ...

A majority of parents say their child hasn't taken algebra by eighth grade in a new poll of Massachusetts parents. About one-third of Massachusetts K-12 parents are concerned with their child’s math ...

Dennis Berkey, president of Worcester Polytechnic Institute, which is involved in a state program that encourages middle and high school students to study engineering. PHOTO/COURTESY The United States ...