Katrina Lujan’s 13-or-so seventh-graders appeared lively last Friday afternoon as they laughed and joked with one another during a class break at Challenger Middle School. While most of the students ...

Jefferson Elementary School in Mesa saw a big jump in non-English-speaking students’ proficiency in reading, writing, speaking and understanding English, according to this spring’s test scores. The ...

Nearly two dozen letters went home this week to parents of Ford Elementary School students, informing them that their children would be placed in an English-language learner program. In the past, the ...

In a new report, the state child advocate says that the agency needs to improve services to children remaining with their families. Other than her love for the show “Cocomelon” and her strong bond ...

The former top juvenile court judge in Worcester says the circumstances leading to the death of 4-year-old A'zella Ortiz shows the state has failed to make meaningful reforms. A 65-page report found ...

The Massachusetts Department of Children and Families failed to properly recognize warning signs or effectively intervene with parents prior to the death a 4-year-old Worcester girl, according to a ...

The Massachusetts Department of Children and Families had a lengthy history of involvement with the family of A'zella Ortiz before the 4-year-old girl was found dead in October 2024. Here is a ...

Despite squalid living conditions and ample evidence of negligence, Massachusetts’ child welfare agency failed to respond to warning signs about a Worcester couple in the years before the death of ...

Azella Rose Rehe (known as Granna to her grandkids) passed away in her Clearlake Oaks home on September 8th, 2025. Born Azella Rose Lewis, on June 1st, 1937 in Sullivan Illinois. Azella was an avid ...