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 […]
Category: Government
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 […]
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 […]
Massachusetts Considers Common Core Standards
Massachusetts’ Education Commissioner Mitchell Chester has recommended that Massachusetts schools adopt a unified set of national academic standards known as “Common Core […]
Mass in Motion grants $85,000 to Boston & Brockton
The Mass in Motion campaign, sponsored by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH), this week awarded $25,000 in wellness grants to […]
Boston Increases Reading Scores on Nation’s Report Card
Good news for Boston in the latest release from the National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP): Fourth graders in Boston Public Schools […]