“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 […]
Category: Massachusetts
New Report Shows Relationship Between Family Violence & Bullying in Massachusetts Schools
Bullying and family violence may be related, according to a new report conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) […]
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 […]
Massachusetts’ Education Year in Review
Massachusetts Secretary of Education Paul Reville just published a full review of the 2010 “Year in Education.” You can read the entire […]
Massachusetts Among Top States Distributing Education Funding Fairly, Study Says
To determine if school funding reaches the students who need it the most, a new study from the Education Law Center, “Is […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]