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The tax credits would offer 10,000 scholarships in their first year to students who qualify based on need, would save money or be revenue-neutral for the Commonwealth, and would produce savings for school districts.
I am among the countless individuals whose lives have been shaped by Catholic education; in my case, it was attending high school at Austin Prep. Despite a stellar record, Catholic schools are facing a grim financial picture. But a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision gives new hope to the schools and to the many Massachusetts families with children who would benefit from attending them.
December 15, 2020
Many educators who think they are “reformers” would like performance-based tests
Parents are being told that the first big issue for a new Secretary of Education in the Biden administration is deciding whether schools should test or not test students in 2020. However, a much bigger issue is whether schools should continue to give Common Core-aligned tests (once national testing using Common Core-aligned tests resumes, as it is likely to do, in the absence of another form of accountability for USED and the states to use) or switch to “performance-based” tests.
Many educators who think they are “reformers” would like performance-based tests. They are encouraging other educators to “rethink” accountability “by replacing high-stakes exams with performance-based assessments.” So, if Congress decides to eliminate the tests now given (which are all aligned to Common Core’s standards), schools will still have to give tests based on “college-rea
Massachusettsâ public schools are highly segregated. Itâs time we treated that like the crisis it is
The Bay State hasnât demonstrated any real urgency around integration in decades. Millions of children have paid the price.
By David Scharfenberg Globe Staff,Updated December 11, 2020, 3:05 a.m.
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In mid-August, a group called Policy for Progress commissioned a poll of Massachusetts voters.
The state, like the rest of the country, was in the midst of a racial reckoning. And the organization wanted to gauge public opinion on a crucial but often forgotten issue: school segregation.
A solid majority, it turned out â 55 percent â agreed that school segregation is a âbigâ or âsomewhat bigâ problem in the United States.