Education
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The Massachusetts School Centered Neighborhood Development Playbook
Neighborhood vitality and public school performance are closely linked, yet education improvement efforts are generally siloed from planning, housing, and community development.
October 9, 2024
- Growing education reform movements and an influx of housing resources provide a window to embrace coordinated planning efforts at the neighborhood level
- The funding of backbone organizations and the implementation of the Community School model are both effective ways to work across silos and create mixed-income neighborhoods and schools
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In Pursuit of Greatness
Bold Strategies to Grow a Strong and Diverse Educator Workforce
February 5, 2024
- Despite strong growth in the number of teachers of color hired in Massachusetts, student diversity has increased faster, leading to a larger gap in representation that will continue to grow if left unaddressed
- Closing gaps in college access through Early College programs, adopting multiple approaches to licensure, and launching apprenticeship programs would strengthen pathways for teachers of color
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Event Recap | Second Annual Friends of Longitudinal Data Systems (FOLDS) Fall Symposium
Symposium showcases valuable insights Massachusetts gleans from cross-agency data sharing
October 26, 2023