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A District in Decline: Elementary School Enrollment Drops in Northampton

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During the current 2025-2026 school year, data from the Massachusetts Education to Career Research and Data Hub shows that three out of the four Northampton public…
Feb 22, 2026
Sophia Neilson

Arts Enrollment Declines After Middle School in Massachusetts

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With the aptly-named Drawing Act of 1870, Massachusetts was the first state to require drawing classes in public schools. The act responded to the increased need for…
Feb 22, 2026
Flora Resika

From Pandemic to Progress: How MCAS Scores Have Rebounded (or Not)

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For Lorelai Eidswick, a 2024 graduate from Franklin High School, returning to the classroom following the pandemic was less of a continuation and more of a reset. She…
Feb 22, 2026
Hayden Steinmann

Graduating high school in Massachusetts? You won’t need the MCAS.

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Amid declining test scores, the Healey-Driscoll administration is working towards developing a new set of graduation requirements for Massachusetts high school students.
Feb 22, 2026
Hannah Hafner

Northampton Outperforms State on AP Exams, but Why?

In 2025, Northampton High School students had higher average scores than other districts in Massachusetts in College Board’s Advanced Placement exams, a common marker of…
Feb 22, 2026
Kiersten Conley

Chronic Absenteeism Declines in Massachusetts, Though Barriers Remain

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As of the end of the 2024-2025 school year, Massachusetts’ chronic absenteeism rate has fallen to 18.8 percent, a nearly 6 percentage point decrease from March 2023, a…
Feb 15, 2026
Maddy Allred

Looking ahead: the rising cost of affordable higher education

Maeve Cavaleri, a student of environmental science at the University of Massachusetts in Boston, chose the school because it was “the cheapest and closest option.”
Feb 15, 2026
Ava White

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Jan 22, 2026
Ben Baumer

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Jan 22, 2026
Harlow Malloc

Welcome To My Blog

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This is the first post in a Quarto blog. Welcome!
Jan 19, 2026
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