by Empowerschools | Nov 15, 2016 | Uncategorized
The New Bedford School Committee voted Monday to authorize the school district to develop redesign plans for the middle schools. One option, but not the only option the schools will look at, is an “innovation zone” with a special governing structure. Read...
by Empowerschools | May 26, 2016 | Third Way
Commonwealth Magazine – “POLARIZATION AND TRENCH WARFARE, the partisan watchwords these days in Washington, have also come to define education debates. In Massachusetts, as much as $30 million could be spent between now and November in what promises to be...
by Empowerschools | May 9, 2016 | Uncategorized
New York Times – “Nothing has defined and even driven the fractious national debate over education quite like this city and the transformation of its school system in the decade since Hurricane Katrina. Reformers say its successes as an almost all-charter,...
by Empowerschools | May 4, 2016 | Uncategorized
Mass Live – Alejandra Rivera, 12, plans to be the president of the United States one day. “Or maybe a judge,” said the sixth grader at John F. Kennedy Middle School in Springfield. Recently Alejandra’s mother, Jacqueline Rosario, joined several...
by Empowerschools | Apr 28, 2016 | Uncategorized
Chalkbeat – Four Denver public schools will enjoy unprecedented autonomy next year after the school board Thursday unanimously approved a new “innovation zone.” Ashley Elementary School, Cole Arts & Science Academy, Denver Green School and Creativity...
