Education Reform Act

Dalializ, a kindergartener at the Kelly School in Holyoke, asks a question to an Enchanted Circle teaching artist. school education holyoke, photo by sarah betancourt

The new Massachusetts ‘grand bargain’ in public education

Law brings crucial new funding and accountability

By Alice Peisch Alice Peisch, Education Reform Act, school, Student Opportunity Act 0 Comments Dec 2, 2019

ANY PARENT WHO has watched her child walk into school for their first day of kindergarten – or dropped her off at college some 13 years later – knows it is a day fraught with some amount of panic. You hope you have prepared her for the road ahead, but there is no way to(...)

Dalializ, a kindergartener at the Kelly School in Holyoke, asks a question to an Enchanted Circle teaching artist. school education holyoke, photo by sarah betancourt

Renewing our commitment to public education

Student Opportunity Act follows in proud Massachusetts tradition

Reform, revenue both needed in education funding formula

Multi-pronged approach needed to foster homegrown talent pipeline

James E. Rooney

Lawmakers must do right by low-income students

Funding formula revamp should close 'opportunity gap' that holds students back

Ivelisse Carballo

Local accountability in schools lacking, says report

Study urges stronger goal-setting by districts and schools

Time to rethink education assessments and standards

21st century thinking requires different approach to curriculum, testing

Voc-tech schools are a Mass. success story

4,400 students are on waitlists; let's expand schools that work

The missing piece of education reform

Leadership by superintendents and principals is key

Edward Moscovitch

End the charter school wars

A new path forward can be good for charter and district schools