The Rennie Center for Education Research & Policy

The Rennie Center is committed to engaging diverse perspectives and statewide voices in a constructive policy discussion. By convening conferences, forums, meetings, policy briefings, panel discussions, town meetings and other events, we promote constructive dialogue on school improvement and student achievement. The Rennie Center seeks to minimize polarized, partisan communication and to promote an invigorated, inclusive policy debate with diverse stakeholder participation.

Upcoming Events

2010

March 11 Ensuring a Bright Future: Strengthening Science and Mathematics Education in MetroWest

Event Archives

2010

2009
November 19	Preparing Tomorrow’s Teachers: The Role of Practice-Based Teacher Preparation Programs in Massachusetts
October 26	Ending the Dropout Crisis: Perspectives from the Graduation and Dropout Prevention and Recovery Commission
June 10	Toward Interagency Collaboration: The Role of Children’s Cabinets
May 29	School District Consolidation in Massachusetts: Opportunities and Challenges
May 7	Seeking Effective Policies and Practices for Students with Special Needs
April 16	Western MA Education Forum - Education for the 21st Century: What Skills Do Students Need?
April 13	Measuring 21st Century Skills: New Tools for a New Era
April 9	Raise the Age, Lower the Dropout Rate?: Policy Considerations for Raising the Compulsory Age of Attendance
April 7	The Next Generation of Education Reform: How Would Early-Career Teachers Improve Low-Performing Schools?
April 2	Alternative Math Pathways in Massachusetts: Developing an On-Ramp to Minimize College Remediation in Math
February 12	Ahead of the Curve: Promising Practices for Reducing the Dropout Rate
January 26	Toward 21st Century Skills: A New Era of Assessment
January 15	The Power of Labor-Management Collaboration: Using Data to Address Achievement Gaps

2008
December 12	Opportunity to Learn Audit: Science
October 15	Partnering for Success: School-Community Teams Take On the Dropout Crisis
September 24	School District Consolidation in Massachusetts: Opportunities and Challenges
May 2	It Takes a Village: Exploring Cross-Sector Support for At-Risk Students
April 2	Signs that Matter: Using Early Indicators to Lower the Dropout Rate
January 16	Post-EQA Accountability: A Menu of Policy Options

2007
October 26	School Autonomy: Can It Improve Student Achievement?
May 31	Seeking Effective Policies and Practices for English Language Learners
April 27	Governing Change? Considerations for Massachusetts Education Policymakers
April 5	Reflections of a Non-traditional Superintendent: Mark Roosevelt Talks about His First Two Years in Office
March 29	Pilot Schools: Tools for Intervention?
February 28	Tough Choices or Tough Times
January 26	The Dropout Crisis in Massachusetts: What Can Be Done?

2006
October 12	High Schools of the Future II: Lessons from Reforming Schools
October 3	Are Boys Making the Grade in Massachusetts?
May 19	The Education Gender Gap: Why are boys not making the grade?
May 17	Policy Breakfast on English Language Learners
April 27	The Road Not Taken: Horace Mann Charter Schools in Massachusetts
March 16	Data-Driven Teaching Report Release
January 24	Summit on Educational Equity and Excellence
January 20	High Schools of the Future: Lessons from Reforming Schools

2005
December 13	Policy Breakfast on Differentiated Pay for Teachers
December 7	Intervention from Within: The Role of Teachers and Teachers' Unions in Improving Low-performing Schools
September 22	Merrimack Valley Educational Summit
June 6	Summit on Education Equity and Excellence
May 5	The Next Chapter in Education Reform: Community Campaign for Proficiency
April 22	The Push to Proficiency: State Strategies for Meeting the Needs of Schools & Districts

2004
December 9	Financial Adequacy & the Hancock Case: How Much Is Enough?
November 18	No Child Left Behind: Grappling with "Adequate Yearly Progess"
October 14	State Merit Scholarship Programs and Racial Inequality
June 2	No Child Left Behind State Hearing: A Forum for All Voices
May 12	The New Urban High School: A Report Card
April 15	Pathways to Graduation: Supporting All Students to Mastery A Retrospective Look at the Class of 2003's Experience

2003
December 1	Transforming Labor-Management Relations in Public Education: A Focus on Student-Centered Decision-Making
November 20	Head of the Class: Characteristics of Higher Performing Urban High Schools
November 7	Ten Years of Education Reform in the Pioneer Valley: Today's Challenges, Tomorrow's Strategies
October 8	Early Education and the Future of the Massachusetts Economy
June 3	No Child Left Behind: Challenges and Opportunities for the SouthCoast
May 21	Mapping School Choice
May 1	A Decade of Learning: Education Reform in Massachusetts
March 27	Pathways to Graduation: Supporting All Students to Mastery
January 27	No Child Left Behind: Opportunity or Obstacle for Massachusetts

2002
December 12	MCAS Court Case Challenge: Policy Implications

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