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.” […]
Category: Education
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
The Best & Worst Cities for School Reform in the US
A new study by Rick Hess, director of education studies at the American Enterprise Institute, and colleagues identifies nine cities in the […]
The Achievement Gap and Graduation Rates
Less than half of black males–47%–graduated from high school in the 2007-08 academic year, according to “Yes We Can: The 2010 Schott […]
Language Barrier a ‘Risk Factor’ for Hispanics
A new Associated Press-Univision nationwide poll of Latino families illuminated some surprising effects the language barrier has on education. According to the […]
Study Shows Progress on Closing Achievement Gap Stalled
The Educational Testing Service has released a new report showing that after a long period of progress in narrowing the educational attainment […]
Update: Mass. Adopts Common Core
The Boston Globe reports that the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education unanimously voted this morning to adopt the national Common Core […]
Mass. Standards Versus Common Core
The Thomas B. Fordham Institute released a new study, The State of State Standards–and the Common Core–in 2010, which offers a state-by-state […]