Before becoming an attorney in Canton, Massachusetts, Craig Kowalski attended Boston College, where he studied history, education, and law. After spending 16 years prosecuting criminal cases for the Norfolk County District Attorney's Office, Craig Kowalski joined Nuttall, MacAvoy & Joyce, PC, in Marshfield, Massachusetts, where he provides legal counsel on special education law to public schools. Special education in Massachusetts is overseen by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts has 404 school districts, and they are all overseen by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. Jeffrey C. Riley is the commissioner of the department, and he was appointed by the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education in 2018.
The commissioner leads the department in pursuing five strategies: build instruction, curriculum, and assessment; make educators more effective; promote health, safety, and the social and emotional learning of students; enhance the performance of schools and districts that are not succeeding; improve the allocation of resources and the use of data.
The department serves over a million public school children, as well as 20,000 adult students. In addition to the overall strategies listed above, the department hopes to increase graduation rates and student performance on assessment exams. It also hopes to increase enrollment in secondary programs.
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts has 404 school districts, and they are all overseen by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. Jeffrey C. Riley is the commissioner of the department, and he was appointed by the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education in 2018.
The commissioner leads the department in pursuing five strategies: build instruction, curriculum, and assessment; make educators more effective; promote health, safety, and the social and emotional learning of students; enhance the performance of schools and districts that are not succeeding; improve the allocation of resources and the use of data.
The department serves over a million public school children, as well as 20,000 adult students. In addition to the overall strategies listed above, the department hopes to increase graduation rates and student performance on assessment exams. It also hopes to increase enrollment in secondary programs.
