Massachusetts maintained its national lead in the percent of high school graduates passing an Advanced Placement (AP) exam in 2023, according to College Board data released Tuesday, and made sizable gains in terms of Hispanic/Latino and Black students taking the college-level exams.
Following calls for Holyoke’s Michael Moriarty’s resignation from state education board, member Amanda Fernández says work to end racial injustice ‘just never ends’ MassLive.com 5 days ago Melissa Hanson, masslive.com
A month after leaders across the state called for the resignation of Massachusetts education board member Michael Moriarty over comments viewed as disparaging toward communities like Holyoke and Lawrence, fellow board member Amanda Fernández on Tuesday said the work to end racial and ethnic injustice “just never ends.”
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Moriarty, who is the executive director of the OneHolyoke community development corporation, at last month’s Board of Elementary and Secondary Education meeting made a comment about accountability in certain school districts. The board at that April 20 meeting had voted to not issue new accountability determinations and not require current juniors to take the MCAS during the ongoing COVID-19 pandem