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Wernick, Laura – DesignShare (NJ1), 2005
This article describes the Media and Technology Charter High School (MATCH) in Boston, MA. MATCH had the highest overall pass rate of any comparable Boston high school: 89 percent of the class of 2005 passed both the English and math MCAS. That's not only 37 points higher than the Boston district average; it is 14 points better than the statewide…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, High Schools, Urban Schools, Academic Achievement
Farbman, David; Kaplan, Claire – Massachusetts 2020, 2005
Massachusetts 2020 is a nonprofit operating foundation with a mission to expand educational and economic opportunities for children and families across Massachusetts. Massachusetts 2020, with support from the L.G. Balfour Foundation, a Bank of America Company, set out to understand how a select group of extended-time schools in Massachusetts and…
Descriptors: Extended School Day, Extended School Year, Educational Change, Academic Achievement