Massachusetts Department of Education
The Massachusetts Department of Education functions as a State Agency of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and is tasked with elementary and secondary public school administration. The Massachusetts Department of Education can also be referred to as the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. The Massachusetts Department of Education Board Chair as of 2010 was Maura O. Banta, who also holds a position as the East Coast Regional Manager for Corporate Citizenship and Corporate Affairs for IBM.
The Massachusetts Department of Education headquarters can be located in Malden, MA, in offices found at 75 Pleasant Street. Queries and concerns relevant to or arising from the Massachusetts Department of Education can be referred to the administration in person at the Mass. Department of Education offices, or individuals, such as concerned parents, can choose to contact the department at (781) 338-3000.
The Massachusetts Department of Education website contains, in addition to these phone numbers and other contact information, a listing of the staff of the Department. Among other things, the Massachusetts Department of Education's specified area of oversight extends to the registration and licensing of certified teaching professionals within the State.
It also carries out functions of compliance-enforcement in regards to set standards for school performance level quality and other indicators of the ability of the MA public school system to deliver high-quality education to the State’s student population. In this regard, the Massachusetts Department of Education website contains assessment information for the State.
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