MassINC Research Provides Common Ground for Win-Win Chapter 70 Compromise

Uncovering the need for more focus and attention on local accountability

Policy Center
Jul 24, 2019 Policy Center

The dog days of summer are here. While parents, students, and a good number of teachers try to put school far out of mind, Massachusetts legislators are under the golden

Great need for increased attention to accountability at the local level

Exploring the opportunity through our Gateways podcast series

Policy Center
Jul 24, 2019 Policy Center

How do we get to a future where communities provide more accountability locally and also play a central role helping the state improve its accountability practices? To answer these questions,

Distilling local accountability lessons from near and far

Gateways Episode 22

Policy Center
Jun 25, 2019 Policy Center

As the education funding debate heats up on Beacon Hill, Ben continues our series on local accountability with a look at Chicago, IL and Springfield, MA. In a short chat with MassInc intern Alexis Polokoff, Ben unpacks Chicago's famed local school council model. Next, Ben interviews Paul Foster, Chief

Investing in Early College: Our Most Promising Pathway

Policy Center
May 2, 2019 Policy Center

– REGISTER HERE – Please join MassINC for a forum on nascent efforts to expand early college high schools across the Commonwealth. Compelling new research shows early college is one

Local Accountability

An Untapped Strategy for Advancing Student Achievement in Massachusetts Public Schools

Policy Center
Feb 26, 2019 Policy Center

This volume combines the three papers in the local accountability series in one document with an executive summary. The five-page executive summary encapsulates the findings and recommendations and provides further

Communities are not doing enough to hold their public schools accountable

MassINC report calls for increasing “local accountability” with new school-funding package

Press Release
Feb 13, 2019 Press Release

Massachusetts’ landmark 1993 education reform act placed more accountability on public schools to improve student outcomes in exchange for a sizeable increase in state funding. Beacon Hill leaders are debating

Governing Local Accountability

The Health of School Committees and Councils in Gateway Cities

Policy Center
Jan 9, 2019 Policy Center

Paper two documented a dearth of local accountability practice in Gateway Cities. The third and final installment in our series, this report traces the absence of robust local accountability in

School and District Improvement Plans

A Review of Local Accountability Practice in Massachusetts Gateway Cities

Policy Center
Jan 6, 2019 Policy Center

The second installment in a series of three reports, this paper explores the extent to which communities in Massachusetts exercise local accountability through an examination of Gateway City school and