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Our mission: the transformation of public schools into high-performance organizations that bring all students to college readiness.

Our guiding principle: that enduring, fundamental change at scale depends on the practical integration of research, policy, and practice.

Our primary strategies:

Math & Science
Attaining excellence in math and science
through the use of
Advanced Placement® to change school culture

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Transforming urban education
through the dramatic, comprehensive
turnaround of America's worst-performing schools


 

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Groundbreaking report on school turnaround

Mass Insight announces the first phase of our multi-year initiative on school turnaround design. The Turnaround Challenge report, funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, provides a framework for states, districts, schools, and outside providers to conduct much more comprehensive, dramatic forms of turnaround than is currently the norm. The report has clearly struck a chord; more than 31,000 people downloaded it in the first eight weeks following its publication. Read more  or download the report.

Mass Insight wins $13M AP® grant
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, in partnership with Mass Insight, became one of just 7 states awarded a grant of up to $13 million over six years from the National Math and Science Initiative. The program will enhance college readiness by increasing the number of students taking AP® courses and improving pass rates on AP® exams. Read more .



Featured strategies and publications from Mass Insight's knowledge base:

The Turnaround Challenge: download for free or purchase a four-color copy from our Resources page.

Building Blocks : over 100 strategies from six years of effective-practice research

The Unfinished Agenda: [PDF] charting the course for Massachusetts' second decade of education reform

World Class: [PDF] a statewide plan for excellence in math and science

Keep the Promise: lessons from district efforts to help at-risk high school students



Opportunities for interaction and partnership:

Comprehensive turnaround of under-performing schools: how does your state rate?

Massachusetts districts: Join in the Massachusetts Math & Science Initiative, our new program to enhance college readiness by increasing the number of students taking AP® courses and improving pass rates on AP® exams.

 


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