Massachusetts employers told us that as technology advances, the hardest skills to find are not technical — they are human.
Chad d’Entremont
Posted inOpinion
Scrapping its use as graduation requirement won’t improve MCAS. Here’s what will.
Both sides of the Question 2 debate have said the MCAS test itself isn’t perfect. It is time for a serious conversation about a better approach.
Posted inEducation
Schools flush with cash, but need better plan on how to spend it
IN 2010, a young Mark Zuckerberg partnered with a rising political star, then-Mayor Cory Booker, to donate $100 million dollars to Newark Public Schools. The idea was that a massive […]
Posted inEducation
Diversity in educator pipeline is crucial
THE DEMANDS OF TEACHING during a pandemic have undoubtedly taken a toll on educators. From dealing with ever-changing public health protocols and staff shortages to addressing lost learning time and […]
Posted inEducation
It’s time to reimagine MCAS
SHOULD WE, or should we not, eliminate the MCAS test? It’s a question as old as the test itself. The debate has been raging for decades, and is coming to […]
Posted inEducation
Federal school funds should drive innovation and equity
MASSACHUSETTS HAS BEEN a leader in education since 1635 when Boston opened the nation’s first public school. But we haven’t drastically changed our approach in the last 375 years. We […]
Posted inEducation
3 priorities for schools in the COVID-19 era
REOPENING SCHOOLS PRESENTS a lot of unknowns. Budgets, class sizes, and health protocols are up in the air. But one matter is settled: Whether education happens in person or online, […]
Posted inOpinion
Breaking down silos that separate students by race and class
AT A RECENT press briefing, Massachusetts education commissioner Jeff Riley observed that the crisis of COVID-19 school closures is also “an amazing opportunity to think differently about how we educate […]
Posted inEducation
Students’ voice missing from ed funding debate
THE DEBATE ON education funding currently swirling inside and outside the State House focuses on what the state is putting into education and how those dollars can support the best […]
Posted inEducation, Opinion
Time to include social-emotional measures in assessments
BY MANY MEASURES, the Commonwealth is leading the pack when it comes to public education. Massachusetts students score higher on standardized tests than their peers across the nation and high […]
Posted inEducation, Opinion
Resetting the bar
With headlines routinely proclaiming that Massachusetts “tops the nation” on national or international comparisons of student performance, it might come as a shock that over 40 percent of all students […]