public education

The most recent reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act makes some progress toward fulfilling the mandate that public school districts provide wide-ranging academic and educational supports to students who attend nonpublic schools, but there is more to be done.

The Commonwealth’s 26 Gateway Cities represent a strong opportunity for the establishment of new charters and/or expansion of existing schools, according to our new study.

The number of adjunct faculty positions is declining at public colleges and universities in Massachusetts.

Part 1 of this blog series on MA state colleges and universities addressed presidents’ salaries since 2010. In general, although public funding for MA higher education institutions—specifically the state college and non-UMass university system—is decreasing, university presidents received annual raises, and sometimes...

http://www.wickedlocal.com/weston/news/opinions/x1040011862/Ardon-Learning-gaps-rural-and-urban?zc_p=1#axzz2NReSO0VO There is no greater public education priority in Massachusetts than breaking  the long-standing tie between demographics and destiny. Family income has long  been the best predictor of whether students will succeed in school and go on to  college, or languish and...

http://educationnext.org/accountability-overboard/ President Barack Obama and Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick are both brilliant orators who espouse the “politics of hope.” Both know about hope firsthand, having overcome less-than-privileged backgrounds to achieve great success. Patrick endorsed Obama early in the campaign and is a...