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…options available to families across the U.S. Each day this week at Pioneer Institute, we’ll be highlighting charter public schools, the METCO program, digital learning, vocational-technical schools, and independent and…
…of schools (and more recently discussions around “adequacy”). Shouldn’t charters have equitable funding? What about vocational-technical schools, and other types of schools where parents opt-in? Hello? Maryland calling Massachusetts. Anybody…
…Pioneer Institute, we’ll be highlighting charter public schools, the METCO program, digital learning, vocational-technical schools, and independent and parochial schools. We kick off the week with video clips and op-eds…
…public charter schools, pilot schools, vocational-technical schools, scholarships to independent and parochial schools, and interdistrict choice (e.g., METCO). Find your own facts at MassAnalysis! Find out what your city or…
…in the schools they left. The academic performance of the commonwealth’s regional vocational-technical schools has also improved dramatically over the past decade and they have dropout rates that are far…
…training co-chairs * Carol D’Amico: vice president of Project Lead the Way; assistant secretary for vocational and adult education at the US Department of Education (2001); chair of National Advisory…
…choice, and vocational-technical schools. The fact is we need to make sure all parents have that freedom—and have that say in the formation of their children.” Pioneer Board member and…
…expanded school choice for many years, advocating a menu of options that includes charter schools, private and parochial schooling, vocational-technical schools, and virtual learning. It has published a series of…
…executive director of Pioneer Institute. “Virtual schools should join charter schools, parochial schools, METCO, and vocational-technical schools as mechanisms for ensuring that all parents have educational options that work for…
…METCO interdistrict programs in Boston and, to a lesser extent, in Springfield; kids in other interdistrict choice programs around the state; and vocational-technical schools around the state. If Catholic schools…
…will be compatible with Pioneer’s mission and approved by Pioneer’s Executive Director prior to this second phase of the fellowship. The Institute’s education policy priorities are related to charter, vocational,…
…City Journal. He’s won school reform awards in Massachusetts and Florida for his work on U.S. History/civic education, vocational-technical schools, and digital learning. Jamie speaks on academic standards, school choice…
…as we can, especially to help poor urban kids participate fully in the American Dream, we need to provide them with access to school choice options: charter schools; vocational-technical schools;…
…about school innovations, charter schools, vocational technical schools, school choice, accountability to results, and teacher quality issues, I’ve written with some frequency about academic standards and curricula—and especially recently about…
…additional vocational-technical schools that operates autonomous of the district structure, and interdistrict choice options. Funny how empowering parents has, unlike turnaround strategies, a very good empirical record. Crossposted at Boston.com’s…
…in with bold expansion proposals. Boston and Springfield have access to the METCO interdistrict choice program. Why not Lawrence? While the Greater Lawrence Vocational Technical School has shown some improvement,…
…bridging achievement gaps: in addition to charter schools, autonomous vocational-technical schools and METCO. But Friday’s Lawrence Eagle-Tribune reminded me that I might even settle for doing the basics right—like accountability….
…River are not. The state could help rectify that by insisting on stronger alignment of the state’s academic standards with the local curriculum, as well as by quickly expanding vocational-technical,…
…world. Phoenix Charter Academy: Student Body Needs & Goals from Mike Dean on Vimeo. Clearly, Phoenix Charter Academy is not the only public school (whether charter, district or vocational-technical) doing…
…school level. Massachusetts 1993 reform aimed to: Move decision-making power to the school level so that principals and teachers are invested in success. Charters have this flexibility. So do regional-vocational…
…the Governor should keep his eye on the state’s weakest area: urban schools. Charter schools, pilots schools, METCO, vocational-technical schools and university partnerships have proven effective in addressing this issue….
…writing about school innovations, charter schools, vocational technical schools, school choice, accountability to results, and teacher quality issues, I’ve written with some frequency about academic standards and curricula—and especially recently…
…different private, public charter, vocational-technical, and parochial school options for their children. Critics of school choice frequently claim that having a choice would draw religion into the public domain. However,…
…an additional vocational-technical schools that operates autonomous of the district structure, and interdistrict choice options. Funny how empowering parents has, unlike turnaround strategies, a very good empirical record. Also seen…
…and the Massachusetts Association of Vocational Administrators in 2009. ### Pioneer Institute is an independent, non-partisan, privately funded research organization that seeks to improve the quality of life in Massachusetts…
…schools should be expanded in the lowest-performing districts. Charter public schools, like district schools and vocational-technical schools, are public schools. Gold-standard research demonstrates that Massachusetts charter public schools are the…
…to our district schools and greater access to vocational-technical schools, interdistrict choice programs, METCO, and charter public schools. Through research, the incubation and training of charter entrepreneurs and boards, and…
…nearly 70 submissions from public, vocational-technical, charter, parochial, and private school students, as well as students schooled at home. Winners were selected by an independent panel of judges, including current…
…Vocational Administrators, The Concord Review, the Learning Economics and Finance Network, Inc., We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution, the Massachusetts Council for the Social Studies, the Massachusetts Historical…
…with programs offering educational opportunities to low-income families, such as vocational schools, seek to empower the workforce in ways that can potentially impact income inequality in a positive, sustainable fashion….
