Representative Ann-Margaret Ferrante (D-Gloucester) joined her colleagues in the Massachusetts House of Representatives this week to pass a $40.4 billion FY18 budget which represents a commitment to fiscal responsibility. The spending bill protects vulnerable residents through investments in early education and care (EEC), substance addiction initiatives, homelessness programs, and funding to help individuals with developmental…
They opened the doors to the Gloucester Biotechnology Academy on Saturday, uncovering a portal to the future for students from Gloucester, Cape Ann and beyond interested in working in the life sciences field of biotechnology. Read more on the Gloucester Daily Times website→
Students in two Gloucester elementary schools previously ranked among the state’s lowest 20 percent so outperformed their cohorts across the state in standardized tests last spring that they raised their schools and the Gloucester school district as a whole to a Level 2 classification in the state Department of Education’s accountability system. Read more on…
More than 200 Plum Cove Elementary School pupils recently harvested more than 70 pounds of produce. During this year’s Fall Harvest Day, kindergartners through fifth-graders picked potatoes, beets, carrots, squash, pumpkins, and beans they planted in their school garden last June with Backyard Growers. Read more on the Gloucester Daily Times website→
Now completing its third year as a state-recognized innovation school, O’Maley remains the state’s only middle school with a comprehensive program. Other innovation programs focus on elementary or high school levels, and some districts offer “innovation” alternatives, such as the STEM academy within Wareham Middle School. Read more on the Gloucester Daily Times website→
I recently met with members of the Gloucester Youth Council and members of the Gloucester SADD at the State House when they came in to the People’s House to talk with me and share their concerns about substance abuse. They visit with me every year on Kick Butts Day, an event where students from all…
In a visit to Gloucester schools Wednesday, state Secretary of Education Matthew Malone stopped by O’Maley Innovation Middle School, admiring the curriculum and speaking about “replicating” the O’Maley education model in more innovation schools he hopes will pop up across the state. Read more on the Gloucester Daily Times website→
Attempts to put the brakes on Gloucester’s first charter school will not end with the legislative oversight hearing that brought state education officials to City Hall for a grilling by angry residents Monday, Gloucester’s state lawmakers said yesterday. Read more on the Gloucester Daily Times website→
The Gloucester state lawmakers who have worked to bring a legislative oversight committee hearing to the city next week are emphasizing that the hearing will focus on the state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education’s handling of the Gloucester charter school application, not the merits of the charter plan itself. Read more on the Gloucester…