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by Greg Cunningham In conversations with friends this past week, there are two facts that seemed to have been lost in the shuffle during the campaign for Question 2. • Grade 10 students will still take the MCAS assessment, although it will not count toward their graduation requirement.• Only 1%
by Eileen Wedegartner, JFYNet Learning Specialist Is college still necessary? The COVID-19 pandemic has pushed many people to decide to take a year off from higher education. The ballooning price of college tuition combined with the uncertain job outlook for recent college graduates make this decision understandable. But a longer
by Eileen Wedegartner, Blended Learning SPECIALIST In this age of data, we have to measure our students’ skills through assessments, formative and summative. As educators we know the value of measurement, for students and teachers; but students do not always see the value in being measured.
The skills gap persists by Gary Kaplan, JFYNetWorks Executive Director Labor Day weekend kicked off, appropriately, with the national Employment Report. It was underwhelming. Job and wage growth held their sluggish pace. Commentaries ranged from “steady as she goes” to “more noise than signal” to “disappointing though hardly catastrophic.” A
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