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Tag Archives: Massachusetts Business Alliance for Education
Is Politics–Not School Improvement–Behind Brockton’s New Charter?
Who doesn’t love a charter school? From Newark to New Orleans, and Washington D.C. to Atlanta, charter schools are seen as the magic bullet not just for curing much of what ails public education, but for transforming poor communities themselves. … Continue reading
Posted in Brockton, MA, Charter Schools, Education, Uncategorized
Tagged Adams scholarship, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, brockton high, Cape Verde, Education reform, English language learners, Governor Charlie Baker, Haiti, International Baccalaureate, Massachusetts Board of Education, Massachusetts Business Alliance for Education, Massachusetts Education Reform Act, Michael Sullivan, New Heights Charter School, Qunicy College, special needs, Szachowicz
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Round Two In the Bay State’s Battle Over the Common Core
One of the big mysteries of the education-reform movement is why Massachusetts, the gold-standard of American education, jettisoned its highly successful education standards for the untested Common Core State Standards. One reason was a much-needed, post-recession cash infusion via Race … Continue reading
Posted in Education
Tagged algebra, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Charles Chieppo, Common Core, Common Core State Standards, Education reform, Gates Foundation, Jamie Gass, Massachusetts Business Alliance for Education, MCAS, Mitchell Chester, NAEP, PARCC, Paul Reville, Pearson, Pioneer Institute Massachusetts, PISA, Sandra Stotsky, Szachowicz, TIMSS, Tom Birmingham
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