Last year, Code for America built an application to streamline the Boston school discovery process. By moving the eligibility criteria into the application's source code, DiscoverBPS allows parents to focus on what's important to them.
Teach Plus | Posted 04.25.2012
When done right, evaluation in any career provides not only accountability, but also a welcome boost to the next level of excellence.
Teach Plus | Posted 05.13.2012
Two years ago, I wanted to be challenged and grow as a professional without having to leave a job I enjoyed. I didn't think that was possible. My work with T3 has proven me wrong.
D. R. Tucker | Posted 04.17.2012
The images of extreme violence in South Boston and Charlestown in the fall of 1974 are still so lurid and so disturbing that one can't help wondering what exactly drives human beings to such behavior.
Teach Plus | Posted 03.27.2012
Missing from the conversation about education reform has been a larger discussion of district and principal accountability.
Teach Plus | Posted 03.05.2012
Across the country, the question of how best to evaluate teachers -- and how to use evaluations effectively -- continues to cause stirring debates among teachers and policymakers.
Meg Campbell | Posted 01.17.2012
My children's education is just one debt I owe this remarkable educator.
Huffington Post | Lucas Kavner | Posted 06.29.2011
Jeff Bennett has been involved in startups since the mid-90s, but he's hoping that his newest venture can do something a little extra for the world. ...
Slashfood | Clare Leschin | Posted 06.12.2011
Boston's long-time mayor, Thomas M. Menino just made quenching the thirst of city-workers that much harder. According to The Boston Globe, Menino issu...
HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 06.11.2011
NEW YORK -- New programs slashed. Schools closed. Even more teachers fired. These and other cutbacks threaten to dismantle the lives of school chil...
David Donaldson | Posted 05.25.2011
The buzz words in education often focus on achievement or access gaps, but there is another gap that needs to be addressed, the financial gap.
Christopher Reeve | Posted 05.25.2011
While I am very disappointed that Mayor Bloomberg selected a new schools chancellor with no experience whatsoever in public education, I have to remain optimistic that our NYC kids will not be shortchanged in any way.
Posted 05.25.2011
The New York Department of Education released a list of 47 "failing" schools Thursday that could be shut down by the end of this school year, reports ...
Posted 05.25.2011
Boston public school students will soon receive student IDs that can access the city's public transit system, local libraries, community centers and m...
Posted 05.25.2011
Parents in Boston protested Tuesday night to keep six of the city's low-performing schools open. The hearing was held in response to a letter sent ear...
Posted 05.25.2011
Monument High School (MHS) in South Boston has just under 400 students. In the past three years, MHS has had the fourth-highest drop out rate and th...
Joel Mahoney | Posted 05.01.2012