Making an A+ Teacher
Boston’s NPR station, WBUR, has launched a week-long series, “Making an A+ Teacher,” which aims to examine the factors that make a […]
Category: Education
Boston Teacher Wins Presidential Award for Excellence in Math & Science
Congratulations are in order for Wai Chin Ng, a 5th grade teacher at Josiah Quincy Elementary School, who is one of 85 […]
“Getting In” Series Continues
The Boston Globe ran another installment in its “Getting In” series about the Boston Public Schools’ lottery, this time concentrating on two […]
New Study Shows Reading Level in Grade 3 Crucial to Future Success
From the American Educational Research Association (AERA) convention in New Orleans: A new study by Hunter College’s Donald Hernandez shows third grade […]
Boston Globe Debuts Multimedia Series on School Lottery
The Boston Globe recently unveiled a new series, “Getting In: Inside Boston’s School Assignment Maze,” which follows 13 families through the Boston […]
ReadBoston & Farragut Elementary Celebrate African-American Heroes
Our last blog post described Sacha Pfeiffer’s interview on WBUR with Rick Weissbourd, the founder of ReadBoston. This literacy initiative has offered […]
City Connects’ Partner ReadBoston Featured
In a recent story on elementary school students’ reading achievement, “Making Sure Mass. 3rd Graders are Strong Readers,” WBUR interviewed the founder […]
“Income Gap” Growing for Middle-class Families
A report from the Foundation for Child Development (FCD) offers an analysis of the relationship between family income and child health, education, […]
Survey Shows Adults Blame Parents for Public School Problems
According to a poll conducted by the Associated Press and Stanford University, adults think that parents and state education officials deserve the […]
Report Details Decrease in “Dropout Factory” High Schools
The America’s Promise Alliance is a cross-sector partnership of corporations, nonprofits, faith-based organizations, and advocacy groups founded by General Colin Powell working […]