Mass. education secretary addresses graduation policy changes in Holyoke
This comes in response to ballot question number 2, part of November 5th's state election.
Healey calls for Job Corps reopening
Patrick Tutwiler, The Massachusetts Secretary of Education, was in Holyoke on Thursday. He heard out the concerns from educators and parents on the new graduation requirements. The graduating classes of 2026 and 2027 will be required to complete specific courses to receive a diploma.
'What we're doing now is taking the input, researching to understand how we want to shift and sort of reform the high school experience, and in the form of graduation requirements,' Tutwiler states.
Students are still required to take the MCAS exam. However, their scores will not be used as a requirement to graduate.
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