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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703/H. 2994 An Act Relative to Advanced Placement Examinations Testimony to the Joint Committee on Higher Education Dr. Susan F. Lusi, President and CEO, MIE June 29, 2017 Chairman Moore, Chairman Scibak, and members of the Joint Committee on Higher Education. For the record, my name is Susan Lusi, and I’m the president…
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The partnership between Aurora Public Schools (APS) and MIE was formed in Summer 2015 in order to build APS district capacity to operate successful schools at scale and build excellence in these schools for the long-term process of sustained improvement. To this end, MIE has facilitated a stakeholder-driven process to design, implement, manage, and sustain an…
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Massachusetts residents don’t believe all is well with the state’s public schools, according to the findings of Mass Insight Education’s 27th annual survey on education issues released at a breakfast briefing today, December 1. The survey, the results of which can be found here, indicates that Massachusetts residents are growing increasingly disappointed in the performance of public schools,…
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