Bring back bilingual education for Boston schools

The Boston Globe - Editorial "When it comes to educating [...]

July 14th, 2015|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Bilingual, Boston, Brain development and Language, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Foreign Language, Language, language and academic achievement, Learning, Massachusetts, Spanish, Teacher|Tags: Education, schools|

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For many, remedial math not a solution

The Boston Globe - Laura Krantz "Nearly two-thirds of all [...]

July 4th, 2015|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Boston, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Learning, Massachusetts, Math, Mathematics, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Longer School Days Coming for Boston Elementary, Middle School Students

Education Week - Corey Mitchell "Students in 60 Boston elementary [...]

January 29th, 2015|Categories: Academic Performance, Arts, Boston, Elementary School, Longer school day, Middle School|Tags: Education, School|

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Boston Teachers Union Approves Extended School Day

Education News - Kristin Decarr "The Boston Teachers Union has [...]

January 22nd, 2015|Categories: Boston, Longer school day, School, Teacher, Unions|Tags: Education, School|

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In schools south of Boston, a wide disparity on foreign language offerings

The Boston Globe - Johanna Seltz "Students at Walpole High [...]

January 11th, 2015|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Bilingual, Boston, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Foreign, Foreign Language, Language, Language Immersion, Learning, Massachusetts, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Boston Close to Adopting Longer School Day

Education News - Kristin Decarr "Boston school officials and union [...]

December 31st, 2014|Categories: Boston, Education, Longer school day, School|Tags: Education, School|

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Massachusetts has better schools than us? Maybe not.

The Washington Post - Jay Mathews "But in one important [...]

September 1st, 2014|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Advanced Placement, Boston, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Learning, Massachusetts, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.), Washington, Washington, D.C.|Tags: Education, schools|

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Boston Finds That Quality Preschool Is Worth The Effort

NPR - David Scharfenberg "Preschool is getting a lot of [...]

April 14th, 2014|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Boston, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Early Education, Education, Learning, Massachusetts, News, Preschool, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Millions of kids to test new education assessments

Boston.com - KIMBERLY HEFLING "What’s on the new Common Core-based [...]

March 22nd, 2014|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Boston, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Common Core Standards, Current Events, Education, Learning, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Some kids eat more veggies with new school lunch rules

USA Today - Kim Painter "Research teams visited each school [...]

March 4th, 2014|Categories: Accountability, Boston, Child Development, Childhood Education, Childhood Obesity, Children, Current Events, Education, Health, Learning, Massachusetts, News, Nutrition, School District, School Meals, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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