STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE HIGHLIGHTING NEW DATA showing greater academic success among high school students who take college courses, education experts called Wednesday for Massachusetts to continue investing in early college programs and broaden access to thousands more students. The early college courses available at roughly three dozen high schools have made a sizable impact […]
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Boston students to start the school year at home
FOR MORE THAN 54,000 Boston Public School students, the school year will start remotely, with plans to phase in a hybrid model that mixes remote and in-person instruction as long it appears safe to do so. At a Friday afternoon press conference, Mayor Marty Walsh, Superintendent Brenda Cassellius, and Boston Health and Human Services chief Marty Martinez announced that all students will learn remotely for the first week of school starting […]
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Curtatone: A color-coded map is not a plan
EVERY CITY AND TOWN in Massachusetts has spent months trying to figure out how to return to in-person schooling. We all know the social, emotional, and educational benefits for our children. We all know a fully functioning school system also primes the pump of our economy because it allows everyone to go to work. I […]
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Baker to offer mobile testing resources to K-12 schools
SEEKING TO REASSURE schools reopening this fall with in-person learning, Gov. Charlie Baker said he is launching a statewide mobile testing program that can be deployed if a handful of staff or students come down with COVID-19. “This program will be designed to quickly deliver testing resources for students and school personnel if there are […]
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Colleges need to think beyond this fall
IN THE MIDST of all the discussion among colleges and universities about whether to return to campus this fall, who can return, or how to return, I fear we risk losing the big picture: What can colleges do to ensure students stay on track and well prepared for their future? It is critical to stay […]
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Unions say in-person learning plans not a done deal
THE SHARON SCHOOL COMMITTEE voted to start the year with a hybrid model of education, where students will return to school in person two days a week. Sharon teachers, however, have not yet agreed to the plan. In fact, the Sharon Teachers Association voted to only teach remotely at the start of the school year. […]
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70% of school districts adopt some in-person learning
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE MORE THAN TWO-THIRDS of the Massachusetts school districts that have so far reported their reopening plans to the state envision some sort of in-classroom education, while the others are poised to resume remote learning, Gov. Charlie Baker said Tuesday. Baker said 371 of the 400 districts had submitted their plans as of […]
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No one-size-fits-all plan for Mass. school districts
ACROSS THE COMMONWEALTH, school districts are beginning to announce their plans for the start of the 2020-2021 school year. Some communities are choosing not to reopen school buildings, opting instead for full distance learning for all students. Other communities are moving forward with a “hybrid” model, in which some groups of students alternate between in-person […]
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BU more interested in money than students
IN EARLY MARCH of this year, our cohort of Boston University journalism students was on spring break just as the COVID-19 outbreak suddenly became very real. We were halfway through a three-semester master’s program that costs over $85,000 in tuition alone. Even with scholarships, everyone was sacrificing something to be there. So when our university […]
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Curtatone, Novick slam state guidance on reopening
For months, school districts were struggling to decide whether to reopen schools in person, with little guidance from the state as to what thresholds to use to make that decision. Now, with the first state guidance emerging as to which of three plans to choose — remote, hybrid, or in person — based on a […]