MALDEN – The Baker-Polito Administration today held a ceremony at the State House to recognize 51 schools for high achievement, narrowing achievement gaps between groups of students or making strong…
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PARCC test pros and cons debated at Massachusetts Board of Education hearing
SPRINGFIELD, MA – College professors were pitted against public school educators and parents over the question of changing the state’s main standardized exam from the MCAS to the new PARCC…
Teaching Disability History: How the Civil War Changed Disability and American Government
…and vastly expanded state and Federal services to aid veterans after. By 1900, the U.S. had paid pensions to nearly a million veterans, justified largely by their disabilities. These changes…
Massachusetts DESE Responds to USED Request for Certification
…Certification. Following is the DESE message to Superintendents, Charter School Leaders, Assistant Superintendents, and Leaders of Educational Collaboratives. “On April 3, DESE and other state education agencies received a message…
Three Charter Schools in Massachusetts approved
MALDEN, MA – The state education board approved three new charter schools, two of which will be here in western Massachusetts. The decision comes after Massachusetts residents voted against allowing…
Exemplary Status for four CES-run After School Programs
…constantly tweaking program design elements to further enhance services for select students.” Select students are those who have struggled academically on local and state testing scores. “The competitive Exemplary Grant…
Follow 15 of America’s teachers on a day of frustrations, pressures and hard-earned victories
…day. He says a prayer for the district, the students, the upcoming state tests. He says a prayer for the second-grade teacher who had emergency back surgery and for the…
Wanted: Members for Hampshire County Food Policy Council
…a systemic lack of access to healthy food. The goal of the Hampshire County Food Policy Council, funded by a state grant, is to give people that are experiencing food…
Math Educators PLC
…example problems of our practice as a group and conferring together about potential solutions Exploring resources that can address the needs of students of the global majority and other marginalized…
Focus on Teaching Students in Poverty
…reflected on how presenting this content outside Massachusetts helps our Massachusetts educators and districts: “As I teach other groups, and tailor the content to their specific regional needs, I’m finding…