Friday, January 20, 2017

"Students get targeted support in areas where they struggle"


"Calling for a personalized, student-centered approach to reforms, state education leaders gathered Thursday to mark the release of an annual report on the state of education in Massachusetts. 
"Unless we change the rules of operations in our state and give more schools the types of freedoms we allow charters, we will not see that type of personalization, and we will see a continuation of a top-down approach," said Board of Higher Education Chairman Chris Gabrieli, who advocated for empowering individual schools to lead the way on reforms.

A crowd of approximately 300 filled the ballroom at the Omni Parker House Hotel, where the Boston-based Rennie Center for Education Research and Policy released its annual "Condition of Education in the Commonwealth Report." While Massachusetts is a national leader in education, there are still deficiencies in the system that need to be addressed, Rennie Center Executive Director Chad d'Entremont said.
 
"Even as a leader, if we stand pat, we will fall behind," d'Entremont said."

Continue reading the article online (subscription may be required)
http://www.milforddailynews.com/news/20170119/education-leaders-call-for-student-centered-reforms

Download the full PDF for the Rennie Center report
http://www.renniecenter.org/sites/default/files/2017-01/ConditionOfEducation%202017%20ActionGuide.pdf

screen grab of Rennie Center data dashboard
screen grab of Rennie Center data dashboard


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