News Briefs
A new report documents growth in "practice-based" teacher education programs in Massachusetts and makes recommendations on next steps to support them.
December 1, 2009
Over the 2004-05 school year, more than 90,000 students from six states repeated 9th grade, according to a new report that is aimed at getting a statistical handle on what researchers call the "9th grade bulge."
November 10, 2009
The U.S. Department of Education's inspector general says Connecticut, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and other states are using stimulus money to plug budget holes, not boost school aid.
October 6, 2009
Seen as an Obama administration ally on education, the freshman Democrat fills a spot left vacant by Sen. Edward M. Kennedy's death.
October 5, 2009
The first teachers’ union contract approved for one of Massachusetts’ 57 charter schools that operate outside a local public school district will allow performance-based teacher pay and a longer school day.
September 22, 2009
Charter school supporters in Massachusetts filed proposed ballot initiatives to end restrictions on the number of such schools allowed in the state.
August 11, 2009
Schooling figures in key mayoral, gubernatorial races around the country, even without the benefit of a national election.
October 26, 2009
Massachusetts debates academic merits of charter schools for that student group as lawmakers consider their expansion.
September 11, 2009
The Massachusetts Democrat, who died Tuesday, put an indelible stamp on education policy, from Head Start to NCLB, earning respect across the political aisle.
September 1, 2009
The Massachusetts Democrat, who died Tuesday, put an indelible stamp on education policy, from Head Start to NCLB, earning respect across the political aisle.
August 26, 2009
Students can work alongside similarly gifted peers and nurture their talents in ways generally unavailable in American schools.
June 3, 2009
Massachusetts schools chief wants to ensure that elementary teachers have the content necessary to lay students’ math foundation.
May 15, 2009
Elementary pupils are exposed to more complex math in Hong Kong than in Massachusetts—both top performers on international exams.
Updated: May 15, 2009
Updated: December 15, 2008
