Education
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How one community transformed a struggling school
<iframe width="100%" height="20" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" allow="autoplay" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/613667784&color=%23ff5500&inverse=false&auto_play=false&show_user=true"></iframe>In this episode of Gateways, Ben Forman visits Worcester to talk with the team that led the transformation of Union Hill elementary. Ben speaks with Mullen Sawyer, executive director of Oak Hill Community Development Corporation, and Marie Morse and Kareem Tatum, who spearheaded Union Hill's turnaround as a formidable Principal/Assistant Principal duo.
April 30, 2019
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Welcome Juana!
<iframe width="100%" height="20" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" allow="autoplay" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/606864300&color=%23ff5500&inverse=false&auto_play=false&show_user=true"></iframe> In this episode of Gateways, Ben talks with Juana Matias about her journey to MassINC and her hopes and aspirations for the organization. They also dive into the education funding debate. Together they puzzle over how lawmakers give Gateway City schools sufficient resources to close opportunity gaps.
April 16, 2019
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House budget advances Gateway City neighborhood stabilization effort
The Gateway Cities Journal
April 11, 2019
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Accountability in the school funding debate
<iframe width="100%" height="20" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" allow="autoplay" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/599843913&color=%23ff5500&inverse=false&auto_play=false&show_user=true"></iframe> In Part II of our deep dive on local education accountability, Ben talks with Rep. Aaron Vega, author of the Promise Act, and Ed Lambert, former mayor of Fall River and current Executive Director of the Massachusetts Business Alliance for Education.
April 2, 2019
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Ben Forman’s testimony on Gateway Cities and the Promise Act
March 22, 2019
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Local education accountability with Tracy Novick
<iframe width="100%" height="20" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" allow="autoplay" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/592494012&color=%23ff5500&inverse=false&auto_play=false&show_user=true"></iframe>In this new episode of Gateways, Ben Forman visits Worcester to speak with Tracy Novick, Field Director for the Massachusetts Association of School Committees. With experience serving on both school committees and school councils in Worcester, Tracy is highly regarded as an outspoken thought leader on education policy. Ben chats with Tracy about MassINC's recent research on the importance of local accountability.
March 19, 2019
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A third way on the school funding/accountability debate
The answer isn’t more state rules but greater local oversight
March 17, 2019
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Local Accountability
An Untapped Strategy for Advancing Student Achievement in Massachusetts Public Schools
February 26, 2019
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Building Community by Breaking Bread
<iframe width="100%" height="20" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" allow="autoplay" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/577911552&color=%23ff5500&inverse=false&auto_play=false&show_user=true"></iframe>Coming off the heels of an education research report release event at the State House, Aimee and Tracy talk about local accountability in education as Beacon Hill takes up education funding reform. We continue our conversation around community building with a special trip to Salem.
February 21, 2019