MCAS Results Released
Results from Massachusetts’ statewide standardized tests, the MCAS (short for Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System), were released last week. The Boston Globe summarized […]
Category: Education
City Connects & Special Education
Education Week published an article earlier this week about San Diego public schools and their high Special Education referral rate for English […]
New Study Shows School has Large Role in Kids’ Health Disparities
A study published in the August 23 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine by a consortium led by Boston Children’s […]
New Report from Boston Public Schools about School Choice
Boston Public Schools (BPS) released the findings of a survey issued to parents/caregivers about the school choice system. To increase transparency about […]
City Connects Springfield Update
City Connects’ work in Springfield Public Schools (SPS) was featured in the Spring 2012 issue [pdf] of the Springfield Educator. The conclusion […]
Orchard Gardens School Tapped by White House for Arts Program
Orchard Gardens K-8 School, a City Connects School in Boston’s Roxbury neighborhood, was tapped yesterday to participate in the Turnaround Arts Initiative, […]
City Connects in the Boston Globe
Today’s Boston Globe featured a story about the fate of Boston’s persistinly low-achieving “turnaround” schools once the 3-year stint of federal School […]
New US Dept. of Education Civil Rights Data Released
The U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights today released data about education equality in America’s schools that show disparities in […]
City Connects in the Boston Globe
Over the weekend, the Boston Globe ran a story about the challenges facing school districts in Massachusetts’ “Gateway Cities,” 24 former industrial […]
Education and Poverty: Confronting the Evidence
There is a growing body of research about the detrimental impact of poverty and non-academic factors on student achievement. A new paper […]