We know many students need more learning time to reach the high academic skills required…
Emma PaganoJune 1, 2020
With a $1,000 grant from DonorsChoose, a nonprofit organization designed to support public school classrooms,…
Emma PaganoApril 28, 2020
Margaret “M.E.” Hersey, a ninth-grade English teacher at Springfield Honors Academy, won the distinguished Milken…
Emma PaganoDecember 4, 2019
The South Bend Empowerment Zone in Indiana looks to the Springfield Empowerment Zone in Massachusetts…
Emma PaganoNovember 11, 2019
Duggan Academy seniors created a school mural depicting teenagers working collectively to assemble a broken…
Emma PaganoAugust 12, 2019
In 2014, the Springfield Empowerment Zone Partnership (SEZP) was created to turn around nine persistently…
Emma PaganoApril 1, 2019
Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker filed legislation to expand the Springfield, MA “empowerment zone” model for…
Emma PaganoMarch 18, 2019
The Springfield Empowerment Zone Partnership (formed in 2014) is turning around low-performing schools in Springfield,…
Emma PaganoOctober 16, 2017
Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker visited Duggan Academy in Springfield, MA. During the tour, Principal Michael…
Emma PaganoDecember 18, 2015
