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Rethinking High School Turnaround

Today, we begin a series of guest posts by Betsy Doyle (Partner) and Nithin Iyengar (Consultant) in The Bridgespan Group’s Education Practice. Each Wednesday during the month of October, Betsy and...

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Clusters in Action

As you may be aware, Mass Insight Education believes in 3 Cs that must be present to inform successful change in persistently low-achieving schools: capacity, conditions, and clustering.  Many of our...

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A “Second Wind” For Turnaround Teachers

Today, we continue a series of guest posts by Betsy Doyle (Partner) and Nithin Iyengar (Consultant) in The Bridgespan Group’s Education Practice. Each Wednesday during the month of October, Betsy and...

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Turning Around High Schools, One Elementary School At a Time

Today, we continue a series of guest posts by Betsy Doyle (Partner) and Nithin Iyengar (Consultant) in The Bridgespan Group’s Education Practice. Each Wednesday during the month of October, Betsy and...

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The Systems of the Past

Every Wednesday this past month, Betsy Haley Doyle and Nithin Iyengar of The Bridgespan Group‘s Education Practice guest-blogged in The Turnaround Zone, providing the context for the work that many...

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Low Budget, Low Scores?

When I say, “high performing, high poverty,” what districts come to mind?  For many of you, I’m sure the Long Beach Unified School District in California was on that list.  Long Beach has long been...

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Simple Request: Do More of What Works and Less of What Doesn’t

As Justin wrote last week, re: the leading indicators around the federal School Improvement Grant program, “we definitely shouldn’t be too surprised that there’s not more progress, given that so many...

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Teaching Conditions and School Success

While the STG partners with states and districts across the nation, Boston is our office headquarters.  That’s why we had to share this report from the Hechinger Ed blog about how changing conditions...

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Full Steam Ahead!

2013 will bring a new turnaround strategy to the Jefferson Parish Public School System in Louisiana. Late last month, the school board agreed to turn around a network of 8 – 10 low-performing schools...

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Guest Blogging at the Michael and Susan Dell Foundation

This week, Justin wrote a guest piece for the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation’s blog. Here’s a taste of what the blog has to offer:  The question we face is not simply how to add more of high...

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Evaluations of Another Kind

We’re big fans of finding weak points, contrasting them with proof points, and trying to bridge the difference.  That’s why the National Council on Teacher Quality’s (NCTQ) new report resonated with...

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Defying Expectations: Jefferson Parish Public Schools Part I

This week and next, our colleague Peter Cook will be blogging a four-part series on the education reform process in the Jefferson Parish Public School System in Louisiana.  Stay tuned for more!...

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Defying Expectations: Jefferson Parish Public Schools Part II

This week and next, our colleague Peter Cook will be blogging a four-part series on the education reform process in the Jefferson Parish Public School System in Louisiana.  For part I, click here. Stay...

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Defying Expectations: Jefferson Parish Public Schools Part III

This week, our colleague Peter Cook will complete his four-part series on the education reform process in the Jefferson Parish Public School System in Louisiana.  Click here for Part I and Part II....

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Defying Expectations: Jefferson Parish Public Schools Part IV

This is the final installation of our colleague Peter Cook’s four-part series on the education reform process in the Jefferson Parish Public School System in Louisiana.  Click here for Part I, Part II,...

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There are Better Options

Join us this week and next as Mass Insight Research Fellow Danielle Allen blogs about exploring educational innovations and making good policy choices, such as aligning 6-12 instruction, and using...

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Seamless Transitions

Join us this week and next as Mass Insight Research Fellow Danielle Allen blogs about exploring educational innovations and making good policy choices, such as aligning 6-12 instruction, and using...

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Let Us Fear Not Blended Learning

This is the third and final post of Mass Insight Research Fellow Danielle Allen’s blog series about exploring educational innovations and making good policy choices, such as aligning 6-12 instruction,...

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“Keep Calm and get College Credit”

This month, students in Jefferson Parish, LA, celebrated their district’s gains in AP enrollment.  The increased participation was attributed to the school system’s partnership with Mass Insight...

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New Publication: The Bold and the Bureaucrat

Our newest publication out of our State Development Network, The Bold and Bureaucrat: The Top Ten State Education Agency Levers for School Turnaround (Toolkit), provides the reader with what we have...

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