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Original article: http://teachers.net/wong/OCT09/ October 2009 Inner City Is Not an Excuse Success Is Not an Address The achievement did not make the headlines in the local newspaper; there wasn’t a mention on the evening news; and nary a tweet was twittered. This past school year all of Marco Campos’ students passed the Texas Assessment of [...]
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Executive Summary: The New Bedford Leadership Academy (NBLA) is a highly collaborative teacher-led autonomous small learning community set within a reserved area of the existing New Bedford High School facility located at 230 Hathaway Boulevard in New Bedford, Massachusetts. Our education community is comprised of professional educators supporting 125 students. Currently New Bedford High School [...]
Monday night, April 12th 2010, the New Bedford School Committee heard two presentations concerning the work of the Restructuring Committee at NBHS. The NBLA (New Bedford Leadership Academy) proposal was one. In a short PowerPoint presentation, we laid out 1) what the NBLA is, 2) where are we now, and 3) what work comes next. [...]
Much has happened lately. As many of you know, NCLB is being revised by the Obama Administration. There have also been reform measures suggested in the areas of national standards, which would have a powerful impact on the nation. Massachusetts has suggested that, because it has one of the highest standards in the nation, it [...]
In September 2010, the NBLA will open inside NBHS. On that first day of class, and in that first week and month, students must know that their instruction will be different than the rest of the school – but different how? One aspect of our curriculum redesign will focus on technology integration in innovative ways. [...]
Over the past year, both the Restructuring Committee and the Design Team for the New Bedford Leadership Academy have gone on quite a few site visits, as well as researching many other schools and districts. Our goals were to collect data and observe instructional strategies, leadership and governance, small school designs, thematic instruction, and more. [...]
// Students at risk for academic problems and dropping out of school may have another option if the proposed New Bedford Leadership Academy — a smaller school that would exist inside New Bedford High School — becomes a reality next year.”For the past year, the high school has been working on restructuring and within that [...]
Through Race to the Top, the US Department of Education is asking States to advance reforms around four specific areas: Adopting standards and assessments that prepare students to succeed in college and the workplace and to compete in the global economy; Building data systems that measure student growth and success, and inform teachers and principals [...]
In the state of Massachusetts, one of the most sweeping – and controversial – laws was recently signed by Governor Patrick to reform our education system. The act clears caps on charter schools, creates plans for Innovation Schools, and also creates new conditions for underperforming schools to rebuild themselves. Here’s a copy of the new [...]
