The Healey administration moved to overhaul the way vocational and technical schools admit students after years of criticism that the system excludes applicants from certain backgrounds, but some ...

BOSTON — The state Board of Early and Secondary Education is preparing to reexamine the admissions process for vocational technical high schools, three years after they overhauled their regulations to ...

An upcoming long-awaited proposal to change vocational schools’ admissions policies to use a lottery system could actually exclude large proportions of certain students, critics said Thursday ahead of ...

Miranda McGrath inspects the dimensions of a part during a class at Smith Vocational and Agricultural High School with a concentration in advanced manufacturing. Demand for a career technical ...

For years demand for seats in the state’s vocational schools has outstripped supply — the issue at the heart of this year’s escalated battle over admission criteria. The obvious alternative is to ...

The saddest fact about U.S. education is that it repels those most in need of it. Last month President Kennedy launched a drive to urge the million youngsters who dropped out of school over the past ...

SPRINGFIELD — Jaylee Ortega admitted she wasn’t always the best student, but that has all changed for the senior now, as she has a long-term plan of opening her own auto body shop. She credits her ...

Three key proposals highlight a broader push to make careerpathways more flexible, accessible and in tune with workforce ...