School Clips is the Boston Plan for Excellence's monthly update on school reform work in Boston. The e-newsletter goes to 5,000+ corporate and civic leaders, as well as to principals, teachers, and other district staff.
Update on the status of Boston's whole-school improvement initiative, the district's effort to improve instruction and performance in all schools funded by the Boston Annenberg Challenge. Includes "plain talk" about each aspect of the initiative and a glossary of terms.
Highlights of the Consortium on Chicago School Reform's report on the use/misuse of instructional time in the city's schools, with summaries of related reports and interviews
Blueprint for Boston's School Reform Work 1997-2003
School year:
SY1996-1997
Source:
Boston Public Schools
Description:
Six activities designed to guide schools' work to improve instruction and performance, piloted by BPE with 21st Century Schools and approved by the Boston School Committee for all schools in November 1997.
How the Parts of the Boston Annenberg Challenge Fit Together
School year:
SY1998-1999
Source:
BPE
Description:
An overview of what the Boston Annenberg Challenge was funding, what schools were doing with their funds, and what lessons had been learned in the first year.
