By Dr. Susan F. Lusi Is school autonomy a necessary precondition to school improvement, or something that should be earned by virtue of a school meeting some type of performance threshold? When I was superintendent of schools serving a low-performing district, I didn’t find this either/or dichotomy very helpful. I thought of autonomy as a…
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MIE is proud to be partnering with Fitchburg High School for our 6th year in our Advanced Placement Success Sustainment Program! Here are some facts about FHS: Principal: Jeremy Roche District Superintendent: André Ravenelle Students at Fitchburg have the opportunity to use their high school AP courses for full credit at Mount Wachusett Community College.…
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Executive Director, Interim Headmaster: Kevin McCaskill District Superintendent: Tommy Chang Madison Park is our only Cohort 10 school in the Boston Public School District and is one of 15 BPS high schools partnering with MIE Madison Park is the only technical vocational high school in the city of Boston The high school was designed by…
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MIE is proud to welcome The Springfield Renaissance School to our Core program as of this fall. Here’s some background on Renaissance: Principal: Arria Coburn District Superintendent: Daniel Warwick Cohort 10: Springfield Renaissance is in its first year as a partner school of MIE Springfield Renaissance is our smallest school in Cohort 10, with just…
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Results for the newly designed MCAS – or New Generation MCAS– were released last week for Grades 3-8, showing an overall decline in scores. As the Boston Globe reported, some results were “eye-popping,” including the scores for Grade 8 English, where only 49 percent either met or exceeded expectations. On the previous test, 79 percent…
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This is Diman Regional Vocational Technical High School’s first year as an MIE partner school! Here are some facts about Diman: Principal: Elvio Ferreira District Superintendent: Thomas Aubin Diman serves the most communities of any of our Cohort 10 schools, with students from Fall River, Somerset, Swansea, and Westport As a vocational technical school, in…
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We’re happy to have Doherty Memorial High School as a new partner in our Core program! Here are some facts about Doherty: Principal: Sally Mahoney District Superintendent: Maureen Binienda Doherty is our 6th partner school in Worcester, MA Doherty Memorial High School is the Home of the Highlanders! According to U.S.News.com, Doherty Memorial High School…
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MIE is proud to have Haverhill High School as a partner in our Advanced Placement Success Program! Here are some facts about HHS: • Principal: Beth Kitsos • District Superintendent: James Scully • Haverhill High School is MIE’s first partner school in Haverhill, MA • The mascot of the Haverhill Hillies is Michelangelo’s, “The Thinker.”…
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MIE is proud to welcome Lowell High School as a new partner to our Advanced Placement Success Program! Here’s some facts about LHS: Head of School: Marianne Busteed District Superintendent: Salah E. Khelfaoui, Ph.D. Located right in the center of the historic mill city, Lowell is the largest school in our 10th Cohort (and one…
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Governor Baker held a press conference on Monday at which he announced that he had signed off on the budget for line item 7035-0035 in support of the state’s AP STEM and English program. Dr. Susan Lusi, president and CEO of MIE, had the following to say about the budget approval: “Despite budgetary constraints, Governor…
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The Massachusetts Joint Committee on Higher Education recently held a public hearing to hear testimony on over twenty-five bills. Two of those bills were S.703 and H.2994, legislation championed by MIE and The College Board and sponsored by Senator Michael Moore, Senate Chair of the Joint Committee on Higher Education, and Representative Paul Brodeur. S.703/H.2994…
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The MA Budget Conference Committee released the FY18 Budget earlier today, with the following recommendation for line item 7035-0035 regarding AP STEM and English: 7035-0035 For a competitively bid, statewide, performance-based, integrated program to increase participation and performance in advanced placement courses, particularly among underserved populations, to prepare students for college and career success in…
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