Participants from December’s visit between schools and after a delicious lunch at Haley House in Roxbury. Great conversation about education reform over jerk chicken, sweet potato mash, and greens. This fall, SchoolWorks had the opportunity to be part of a foundation-supported, long-term, grass-roots effort to transform... read more
Our work with the Bay State Reading Institute (BSRI) has come full circle. In 2010, BSRI was one of the first group of recipients of the federal Investing in Innovation (i3) Grant. SchoolWorks supported the development of the highly competitive grant by collaborating with BSRI on its original proposal and then serving as... read more
As part of our work coaching principals in Lynn Public Schools, we’ve focused on building their capacity to serve as instructional leaders within their buildings. As we’ve seen principals become more confident about conducting observations and providing focused feedback, we’ve learned that one of the best ways that... read more
SchoolWorks recently began working with the Colorado Department of Education (CDE) to coordinate the work of its State Review Panel. The State Review Panel (SRP) is a body of Colorado-based education experts charged with evaluating the progress of schools and districts approaching the end of their time on the state’s... read more
In the winter of 2015, SchoolWorks partnered with Chelsea Public Schools to conduct School Quality Reviews (SQRs) at five of the district’s schools. These visits were formative in nature – they aimed to support ongoing improvement efforts at these schools, but were not part of a formal accountability system. Each SQR... read more