Wednesday, 04 March 2009

• MATCH is a GOLD MEDAL WINNER!

  I just got this news from my principal....
  

  Starting tomorrow, EPIC (Effective Practice Incentive Community) will officially announce that 21 schools in 6 states and DC have won awards through their grant program run by New Leaders for New Schools which is funded in part by the US Department of Education.  The award doesn't measure schools against each other, but instead, it measures the gains kids make from one year to the next. 

  144 schools were up for the award.  Apparently, you have to assemble a lot of data and a lot of information is needed for an application.  Out of the 21 winners, 5 schools were declared gold medal winners for achieving the largest gains for kids from 06-07 to 07-08 and the remaining 16 schools were declared silver medal winners.  For the second year in a row, MATCH is a gold medal winner.  We are actually the only gold medal winner among high schools, and 6 out of 21 schools are in Massachusetts.    
  

  So, you know what that means again?  Since I was a teacher here last year, I get a bonus from EPIC! I'll be sure to share the link of the other schools who won once the press release comes out tomorrow morning. 
  

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