October 20, 2016
In this guest article featured in the most recent issue of Commonwealth Magazine, Ed Moscovitch, chairman and co-founder of the Bay State Reading Institute, presents […]
July 1, 2016
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court issued a ruling today in favor of the ten plaintiffs who appealed the Attorney General’s certification of the ballot measure […]
September 24, 2015
The Boston Globe reports that new Boston Public Schools Superintendent Tommy Chang “praised the PARCC exam” in an interview. Chang told the Globe that PARCC is “far […]
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 […]
April 2, 2014
Originally published in the Boston Globe | APRIL 02, 2014. By Scot Lehigh. AFTER TWO decades of education reform efforts, it’s useful to have an outsider’s perspective — […]
April 1, 2014
Originally published in the Taunton Daily Gazette | April 1, 2014. By Linda Noonan. On many measures of student achievement, Massachusetts schools are the best […]
April 1, 2014
Originally published in the Taunton Daily Gazette | April 1, 2014. By Linda Noonan. On many measures of student achievement, Massachusetts schools are the best […]
April 1, 2014
Originally published in Education Week | April 1, 2014. By Sean Cavanagh. Even though Massachusetts is one of the highest-flying states by academic reputation and test-score […]
March 27, 2014
March 27, 2014
Originally published on wcvb.com | Bill Fine, WCVB-TV President and General Manager. Gov. Deval Patrick proudly touts the state’s education system, citing high student test scores […]
March 25, 2014
Originally published in South Coast Today | March 25, 2014. BOSTON — A Massachusetts business group called for changes in the state’s education system in […]
March 25, 2014
Originally published in the Boston Globe | MARCH 25, 2014. By Michael Barber and Henry C. Dinger. While Massachusetts is widely acknowledged to have the best-performing students […]
March 24, 2014
In the Constitution adopted in 1780 and in force today, the people of Massachusetts recognized that the “opportunities and advantages of education” were “necessary for […]
November 7, 2013
Massachusetts has made dramatic gains in student achievement over the past twenty years through the systematic implementation of cutting edge reforms. Today, our students lead […]
August 29, 2013
According to the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, Massachusetts’ current state science standards are “clearly superior” to the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) which were issued […]
August 27, 2013
Science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education is a critical component to developing a globally competitive workforce. Business leaders across industries agree: Investing to ensure […]
August 26, 2013
This month New York City became the first district in the nation to release reports on how teacher preparation programs relate to performance in the […]
August 12, 2013
Participation in Advanced Placement (AP) and International Baccalaureate (IB) programs has increased significantly over the past decade, but participation data indicates that not all qualified […]
July 30, 2013
Educational technology is a growing force across the country: investment nationally is at an all-time high, with $427 million in funding going to 74 early-stage […]
July 9, 2013
There will be 55 million job openings nationwide through 2020 as the country recovers from the 2007 recession, according to the most recent report by […]