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College and Career Readiness through Blended Learning
- Authored by: Gary Kaplan

Achievement Gap Goes Global

And what about our older youth? It’s not just inner-city schools that need to raise their game. Even our best suburban schools fall short in the international student achievement sweepstakes, says Arthur Levine, former president of Columbia Teachers College (“The Suburban Education Gap,” WSJ 11/15/12). “30 years after ‘A Nation at

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JFYNetWorks Helping to Bridge the GAP to College and Career
- Authored by: Gary Kaplan

$1M for Statewide College Readiness

DESE Commissioner’s weekly update: JFYNetWorks receives $1 mm grant for statewide college readiness program JFYNetWorks (formerly Jobs for Youth) has received a $1 million grant to establish collaborative partnerships between high schools and community colleges.  JFYNetWorks will set up and manage Accuplacer preparation programs in high schools to accelerate and

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Toward a Theory of School Change

School reform is typically approached as an all-encompassing top-down restructuring. Though it makes sense, from a planning point of view, to take a comprehensive approach, such an approach can take a long time to implement and often spurs opposition, resentment, and even sabotage. An ingrained culture cannot be changed all

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