by Empowerschools | Feb 12, 2018 | News
Three years ago, we were among a group of Denver principals who began meeting to tackle an important question: How could we use Colorado’s innovation schools law to take our schools to the next level? As leaders of innovation schools, we already had the ability to...
by Empowerschools | Jan 24, 2018 | News
Two teachers who represented the Springfield Empowerment Zone Partnership during Gov. Charlie Baker’s State of the Commonwealth speech said it is a testament to the work being done by administrators, teachers, parents and students. “It was a phenomenal...
by Empowerschools | Jan 22, 2018 | News
Education leaders, advocates, and policymakers interested in pushing more decision-making, budget flexibility, and ownership to the school level can hear lessons from Colorado’s first independently run innovation zone of public schools – thanks to a new case study and...
by Empowerschools | Feb 29, 2016 | News
New Haven Register – “When schools under-perform, experts often are called upon to transform educational outcomes for the students. The Residency Program for School Leadership, a collaborative program between Achievement First and New Haven Public Schools,...
by Empowerschools | Dec 10, 2015 | News
The Hill – “President Obama on Thursday signed a sweeping rewrite of the controversial No Child Left Behind (NCLB) education law. Obama called the proposal “a Christmas miracle” during a signing ceremony at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building. “This...
by Empowerschools | Nov 17, 2015 | News
“Approval of the hybrid test came on an 8-3 vote Tuesday after two years of debate over whether to replace the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System test with the PARCC test. PARCC — which stands for Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for...
