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 […]
Tag: education
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
The Economic Benefits of Reducing Dropout Rates
The Alliance for Excellent Education released a study estimating the benefits of reducing the dropout rate among students of color in the […]
TED Talk: Radical Innovation in Education
Charles Leadbeater, a researcher from the London thank tank Demos, delivers an interesting global perspective on the need for radical innovation in […]