- Authored by: Gary Kaplan
Aug 4, 2020
by Gary Kaplan History doesn’t repeat itself, Mark Twain observed, but it often rhymes. Because of our peculiar history, the current calls for redirection of police funding to social programs fall with a familiar cadence at JFYNetWorks. We are often asked what JFY stands for. It stands for Jobs For
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Picture source: bostonpublicschools.org/madisonpark Needs resources and political support by Gary Kaplan The Boston Globe’s February 14 editorial on the Boston Public Schools (“Keep the pressure on to reform Boston schools”) makes a strong argument about the need for reform but undercuts its case by citing examples that do not square
With Gary Kaplan, Executive Director Narrated by Greg Cunningham, Blended Learning Specialist JANUARY 2020 PODCAST – For nearly 40 years, JFYNetWorks, a Boston-based nonprofit organization, has served high-need populations in Massachusetts by developing and delivering education and job training programs that equip young people with the skills needed to succeed
Old Year, New Year, New Decade. Same Story. by Gary Kaplan For readers of education and workforce journalism, the turn of the decade was neatly bracketed by two articles that summed up the year’s main themes: low student performance and labor shortage. First was a New York Times piece on
All people may be created equal, but all schools are not. by Gary Kaplan Inequality will be a pervasive topic in the new decade. It won’t be a new topic. It’s been a front page story ever since Thomas Piketty’s Capital in the Twenty-First Century came out in English in
Madison Park is on an upward trajectory. by Gary Kaplan The scores are in, and they’re down. It was expected that scores on the new 10th grade MCAS 2.0 would be lower than on the old “Legacy” MCAS. The new test was designed to be more difficult, with higher-level questions.
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