HeyJaredBoston Focus
Data, news, and analysis re: Boston and Massachusetts schools, government, housing, infrastructure, and other public policies that should make life better
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Boston Focus, 9.25.26 (opens the original)
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Boston Focus, 9.18.26 (opens the original)
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The contrast was stark.Wednesday morning, in a soaring ballroom, with hundreds in attendance (including most of Boston’s political and corporate leaders), Mayor Wu delivered her annual speech to the Chamber of Commerce. The top topic? Housing.The next day, in the concrete chambers of Boston City Council, with a smattering of attendees, there was a hearing. The topic? <a href="https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/boston-city-council-takes-student-222100303.html?guccounte
Slop schools (opens the original)
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Boston Focus, 9.11.26 (opens the original)
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A dominant frame in American education policy for the past ~70 years has been the fear that US students were falling behind their international peers. A consistent barometer has been the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), a test the OECD administers every three years to a random selection of 15-year-olds around the world. The average score for a student in a developed nation should be 500 on the math, language, and science sections; 20 points is equal to a grade level of lear
Boston Focus, 9.4.26 (opens the original)
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