September 19, 2014
September 19, 2014 – MCAS scores released today show widespread stagnation that has serious implications for our students entering a knowledge-based workforce requiring education and […]
August 20, 2014
On the surface, poll results released this week seem to indicate that public support for the Common Core State Standards is slipping. Yet, a closer […]
August 1, 2014
Our friends at Achieve, Inc. have given us permission to reprint their excellent materials when we see information that will be of interest to the […]
July 31, 2014
A bond bill for government technology worth $1 billion, including $38 million for a public school district broadband access improvement grant program, has been approved […]
July 30, 2014
Each week, the Department of Higher Education issues a weekly digest of news clips that provides updates on what is going on at various campuses […]
July 29, 2014
Our public higher education institutions provide exemplary learning opportunities at an affordable cost for their students, but they provide so much more. In a newsletter […]
July 14, 2014
The early deadline for districts’ to choose giving the PARCC test or the now 17-year-old MCAS exam next school year has passed. As of June […]
June 30, 2014
Laura Slover, CEO of PARCC, Inc., the nonprofit managing the assessment project for the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Career (PARCC) states, […]
June 30, 2014
This spring, about 81,000 Massachusetts students took the PARCC (Partnership for Assessing College and Career Readiness) exam for a test-drive. Some schools only took PARCC, […]
June 22, 2014
The Boston Public Schools have a plan for driving improvements in the city’s schools that is both exciting and likely to bring about very positive […]
June 22, 2014
For the second year, the National Council on Teacher Quality has reviewed 2400 teacher education programs across the country and found many lacking. Findings released […]
June 19, 2014
The Massachusetts Department of Higher Education and a dozen college and university presidents announced last week that they have “joined more than 200 college and […]
May 29, 2014
Today Massachusetts’ education standards received a significant endorsement from the non-partisan, independent Worcester Regional Research Bureau. The bureau’s new report, Toward a Common Understanding of […]
May 19, 2014
There is a new measure from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) tying 12th grade results to college preparedness. In 2009, for the first […]
May 18, 2014
Budget Moves to Senate; House to Act on Bill to Improve Student Achievement May is always a busy month, but it is especially so this […]
May 15, 2014
We routinely teach our children the importance of honesty and telling the truth, even when it is difficult or uncomfortable. But, for years, we […]
May 12, 2014
Is Common Core really taking control away from teachers? According to a new report, the answer is no. Latest research by the Center on Education […]
May 7, 2014
The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) has issued a call for volunteers to join Working Groups that will develop recommendations for subject matter […]
May 1, 2014
In late March, Rick Hess, Director of Education Policy Studies at the American Enterprise Institute, wrote a column in Education Week with three questions for […]
April 28, 2014
The U.S. Department of Education is moving forward with a plan to improve the recruitment and preparation of our nation’s teachers. This is welcome news […]