Showing posts with label Springfield. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Springfield. Show all posts
Friday, August 21, 2026

I wouldn't call that "innovation"

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 You might remember that Springfield's Empowerment Zone schools came back under Springfield School Committee control  last spring, now a...
Sunday, October 26, 2025

Springfield might be getting all its schools back

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 You may have missed it in all the [waves hands in air], but Springfield, it appears, is moving to take back authority over its schools in ...
Tuesday, March 22, 2022

March Board of Ed: Springfield Empowerment Zone

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 Backup is here Springfield appears to be coming in remotely? Superintendent Warwick and Mayor Sarno on camera Sarno: "the empowerment ...
Monday, March 18, 2019

Joint Committee on Ways and Means on FY20 education funding

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We're at Bristol Community College (across the street from Fall River's new Durfee High project ) for the Joint Committee on Ways an...
Tuesday, February 27, 2018

Board of Ed for February: Opening comments

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We're in a fairly crowded Board meeting which we've been told will be starting at 9 rather than 8:30. The crowding is largely a busl...
Wednesday, December 13, 2017

The Board of Ed meets for December next week

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Didn't they just meet? They're early for December due to the holidays. You can find the agenda here. After the round of opening re...
Sunday, October 22, 2017

On economic inequity and educational impact: TO READ

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I highly recommend this piece from WGBH working with MassLive on Springfield's High School of Commerce and what poverty and inequity lo...
Tuesday, September 5, 2017

Joint Committee hearing on start times, recess, innovation zones

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The agenda is here , 'though I don't, as yet, know in what order they'll be taking testimony. The hearing starts at 10. Posting...
Tuesday, May 23, 2017

May meeting of the Board of Education: opening remarks

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You can find the agenda here . Note that we'll hear from Scituate as part of the opening this morning, as Sciutate High School is hostin...
Monday, February 6, 2017

Lack-of-empowerment zones

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Over the weekend, you may have caught this laudatory piece from MassLive on Springfield's Empowerment Zone. There was a parallel arti...
Tuesday, January 17, 2017

Worcester meetings this week

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Up this week: It doesn't appear to have been advertised anywhere, but there is a posted South High Building Committee meeting for tom...
Tuesday, November 29, 2016

Commerce high School: Springfield (Board of Ed)

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backup is here Chester: liked to hear from school district prior to exercising takeover option Springfield empowerment zone has voted to ...
Tuesday, May 31, 2016

Novick Reports: Third Way in sum

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as sent to the Mass Association of School Committees' list-serv earlier today: This morning, Mass Inc and Empower Schools co-hosted ...
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Third Way at the ICA

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You can follow the Twitter action here.  posting as we go once we start Note that we are sitting in the dark. Panels are not being introduc...
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Tuesday, May 24, 2016

May Board of Ed: TL/DR

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Too Long/Didn't Read as sent out to MASC members earlier today While only the Commissioner spoke during the opening comment period ...

May Board of Education: Springfield Empowerment Zone Partnership

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the backup is here per the backup: SEZP is: a groundbreaking voluntary partnership of Springfield Public Schools (SPS), the Department of...
Monday, May 16, 2016

The Board of Ed meets next week

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You can find their agenda here . The Monday night section of their agenda is on educator evaluation. As is their custom, the Tuesday porti...
Monday, February 22, 2016

A word on Springfield and Brockton

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Here's some work I've been doing for MASC. DESE has shared with us the full report of district-by-district finance information regar...