Learn more about eight higher education leaders making a difference in Massachusetts, as selected by MassLive.

The state's education commissioner oversees day-to-day operations of the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, which regulates public and charter K-12 schools, among other duties.

Trump's executive order trying to dismantle the Education Department is "unlawful," according to a lawsuit from the second ...

Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez is a finalist to be the next state commissioner of Massachusetts’ Department of ...

The three finalists to be Massachusetts' next Department of Elementary and Secondary Education commissioner will sit down for ...

Following the departure of the acting Department of Elementary and Secondary Education commissioner, Massachusetts officials have narrowed down the pool for his replacement to just three names.

The American Federation of Teachers and its Massachusetts chapter joined ... experts Worry about students with disabilities post-Education Department Also Monday, the NAACP, the National Education ...

The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights recently launched an investigation into UMass Amherst for alleged discrimination involving shared ancestry — which is under Title VI of the ...

Massachusetts’ congressional delegation said the Trump administration’s decision to “clawback” $106 million in COVID-19-era ...

In the most up-to-date information available through the U.S. Department of Education, which tracks money spent through Jan.

Harvard on Monday refused to strike a deal with the Trump administration after threats to cut off as much as $9 billion in ...