Fifth-grader Stanley Geneste read his essay about his first day of school to his classmates at Fast Forward, a program to help middle school students whose first language is not English.
(Michele McDonald/ Globe Staff)
Many middle schools in Bay State stumbling
Underperformance raises questions about teaching
Fifth-grader Stanley Geneste read his essay about his first day of school to his classmates at Fast Forward, a program to help middle school students whose first language is not English.
(Michele McDonald/ Globe Staff)
Two-thirds of the state's middle schools are not meeting federal standards for raising standardized test scores, about twice the rate of elementary and high schools, according to a Globe analysis of state data. (Full article: 1162 words)
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