While the pandemic has slowed the learning of many students, it has also highlighted flaws…
Emma PaganoMarch 13, 2021
While tutoring is a crucial tool for schools to address COVID-related learning loss, other approaches…
Emma PaganoMay 21, 2020
With a $1,000 grant from DonorsChoose, a nonprofit organization designed to support public school classrooms,…
Emma PaganoApril 28, 2020
The South Bend Empowerment Zone in Indiana looks to the Springfield Empowerment Zone in Massachusetts…
Emma PaganoNovember 11, 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
