BOSTON — The state’s graduation rate has improved for the sixth straight year, with gains among black, Hispanic and high-needs students outpacing other groups.

BOSTON — The $50 million added annual investment the governor is expected to propose for UMass would keep tuition and fees in the system stable through 2015.

BOSTON — One plan to overhaul how Boston students are assigned to schools divides the city into 10 zones. The two other plans have no zones.

BOSTON — Boston public school students now have a college completion rate that is higher than the rest of the nation.

BOSTON — The colleges, along with other worker-training programs, formed the Massachusetts Casino Careers Training Institute.

BOSTON — The proposal would provide universal access to early education for children from birth through age five, fully fund K-12 education and allow for extended school days in some high-need schools.

BOSTON — The new law gives preference to virtual schools that reach out to special groups of students.

BOSTON — Gloucester Community Arts Charter School had agreed to close at the end of the school year.

BOSTON — In the wake of last week’s mass shooting at an elementary school in Conn., the National Rifle Association is calling for armed security in schools.

BOSTON — A former Secret Service agent who helped edit a federal report on assessing school threats says the Newtown shootings will be a “sea change event.”

CHICOPEE, Mass. — The three-year experiment found no evidence the all-girls class improved academic performance.

BOSTON — School leaders in Massachusetts are reaching out to parents in the wake of Friday’s mass school shooting in Newtown, Conn.

BOSTON — UMass President Robert Caret said federal agencies that finance the university’s research could lose more than 8 percent of their funding if the country heads over the so-called “fiscal cliff.”

BOSTON — Artists for Humanity employs Boston teens to market and sell fine art and design services. Their annual holiday sale is Wednesday night.