BOSTON (AP-WWLP) — The highest court in Massachusetts has ruled that a referendum seeking to end the use of Common Core educational standards in the state cannot be included on the November ballot.

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – Volunteers were collecting signatures on Friday to put Common Core Testing on the November ballot. Their goal is to end standardized testing across Massachusetts.

BOSTON -- Common Core appeared in Massachusetts classrooms more than four years ago as schools began retraining teachers, buying new books and revising their curricula around the new national ...