Holyoke

May 18, 2020

Holyoke Soldiers’ Home Study Targets Inadequate Nursing Home Staffing Standards

Standards enforced at the federal and state levels are insufficient to address chronic staffing issues reported by staff and residents’ families at the Holyoke Soldiers’ Home, making that facility particularly vulnerable to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to new Pioneer Institute research.
March 9, 2016

Studies: Western Mass. Charter Schools Using Data to Improve Achievement

Case Studies Describe Best Practices Of Two Successful Western Massachusetts Charter Public Schools Schools are affiliated with, use approach developed by SABIS, an education management organization BOSTON – The reasons why two western Massachusetts charter public schools that contract with a for-profit education management...
February 11, 2016

Study: Continuing Decline Over Last Decade In Massachusetts’ “Middle Cities”

Read news coverage of this report in The Springfield Republican, The Brockton Enterprise, The Taunton Daily Gazette, The Worcester Telegram & Gazette, the Fitchburg Sentinel & Enterprise. Taunton and Leominster buck the trend, see population and incomes rise, educational outcomes improve and crime decline BOSTON...