City Connects Executive Director Featured on EdReformer
Dr. Mary Walsh, City Connects’ executive director and the Kearns Professor of Urban Education & Innovative Leadership at the Lynch School of […]
Month: September 2010
Eliot School on the Today Show
The pre-k program at Boston’s Eliot K-8 School, a City Connects school, was featured on the Today Show this morning during their […]
Meta-analysis Shows Giving Children Books Improves Reading
In a meta-analysis of 11,000 reports and 108 studies, a new report commissioned by Reading is Fundamental concludes that children’s book lending […]
Boston Public Schools “Acceleration Agenda Dashboard” Unveiled
In a move to make more data available about the progress of Boston Public Schools, the district has unveiled an”Acceleration Agenda Dashboard.” […]
Three Massachusetts Groups Awarded “Promise Neighborhood” Planning Grants
The U.S. Department of Education yesterday awarded 21 “Promise Neighborhood” planning grants to nonprofit organizations and universities across the country, three of […]
Video: TED talk, “The Child-driven Education”
From TED: Education scientist Sugata Mitra tackles one of the greatest problems of education — the best teachers and schools don’t exist […]
2010 Statewide Test Scores Released
Yesterday, Governor Patrick released the 2010 school and district MCAS results and congratulated 187 newly-named “Commendation Schools” for their progress in closing […]
Reducing Student Poverty
The Center for American Progress released a report this week, Reducing Student Poverty in the Classroom, that acknowledges families living in poverty […]
New Report Shows High Rates of Overweight & Obesity in Mass. School Children
A new report released yesterday by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health has some alarming results: in eight school districts across the […]
Back-to-School News
Superintendent of Boston Public Schools Dr. Carol R. Johnson was featured in two interesting WBUR radio stories focused on the opening of […]