DESE Update: February 8th, 2019

1. Board of Elementary and Secondary Education to Meet: The Board of Elementary and Secondary Education will meet at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, February 12 in Malden. The agenda includes a vote on the commissioner’s recommendation that Excel Academy Charter School, which has campuses in Boston and Chelsea, be allowed to expand its enrollment by 56 […]

DESE Update: January 4th, 2019

1. Student Discipline: The U.S. Department of Education recently released a Final Report of the Federal Commission on School Safety and a Dear Colleague Letter detailing the U.S. Department of Justice’s and U.S. Department of Education’s decision to rescind certain policy and guidance documents that those agencies issued in January 2014. State laws and policies […]