Mass Insight Education & Research Institute

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Mass Insight and Six Partner States Launch Proof Point Strategy for Dramatic School Turnaround
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Our mission: the transformation of public schools into high-performance organizations that bring all students to college readiness.

Our guiding principle: that enduring, fundamental change at scale depends on the practical integration of research, policy, and practice.

Our primary strategies:

Attaining excellence in math, science & English through the use of Advanced Placement® to change school culture

Creating systemic curricular and instructional coherence around Advanced Placement® and College Readiness Standards

Transforming urban education through the dramatic, comprehensive turnaround of America's worst-performing schools

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Six state national initiative announced

Six states -- Colorado, Delaware, Illinois, Louisiana, Massachusetts, New York -- take a bold step towards turning around low performing schools by joining Mass Insight's Partnership Zone Initiative.

Read the full press release here and learn more about the initiative here.

New Turnaround Challenge Resource Center!

Dozens of documents resulting from our research & development effort, called Meeting the Turnaround Challenge, are available in the Resource Center.

Featured strategies and publications from Mass Insight's knowledge base:

The Turnaround Challenge: download for free or purchase a four-color copy from our Resources page.

Building Blocks : over 100 strategies from six years of effective-practice research

The Unfinished Agenda: [PDF] charting the course for Massachusetts' second decade of education reform

World Class: [PDF] a statewide plan for excellence in math and science

Opportunities for interaction and partnership:

National turnaround news: stay up to date by following our turnaround blog.

Comprehensive turnaround of under-performing schools: how does your state rate?

Massachusetts districts: Join in the Massachusetts Math & Science Initiative, our new program to enhance college readiness by increasing the number of students taking AP® courses and improving pass rates on AP® exams.