I’m very happy to report that this week CPS Deputy Superintendent Carolyn Turk introduced the school district’s new Academic Challenge and Enrichment Support Program Manager. She is Paula Feynman, who has in recent years worked as a 6th grade science teacher in Sudbury, MA. She is very skilled in project-based learning and differentiating instruction, in communicating [...]
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August 28th, 2012
Below are answers to questions that CALA coordinator Freedom Baird submitted to the School Committee in mid-August, around the issue of advanced learning, especially as it will be addressed in the new Upper Schools. The answers were prepared by Deputy Superintendent Carolyn Turk, and reviewed by Superintendent Jeff Young. Cambridge Public [...] June 6th, 2012
On Monday, June 4th, attendees of the CALA general monthly meeting were joined by Vicky Oatley, president of the board of directors of MAGE, the Massachusetts Association for Gifted Education. Ms. Oatley, a resident of Cambridge, and former student at the Morse school, is a public school teacher in Waltham, and has students with a range of learning needs, [...] April 4th, 2012
With last night’s voting in of the Cambridge Public School’s annual budget, it became official that the district will hire an Academic Challenge and Enrichment Support Program Manager to oversee support and services for advanced learners in grades K-8. The new job position was created after months of advocacy by parents from CALA, the Cambridge [...] January 25th, 2012
Last week Cambridge Superintendent Jeffrey Young published his administration’s Academic Challenge Plan, which will be voted on by the School Committee on February 7th. Last night the Committee hosted a hearing for public comment on the Plan. More than 70 people attended, including several CALA members, many parents and students from the ISP community, and three City Councilors. [...] January 4th, 2012
Over the last several weeks, the CALA community put together a statement and delivered it to the Cambridge Public School administration and School Committee at the January 3rd SC meeting. The statement officially introduces CALA as an organization, outlines the needs of advanced learners in the Cambridge Public School District, and lays out specific goals on [...] November 11th, 2011
We’re happy to announce the launch of the Cambridge Advanced Learning Association. This newly forming parent group in Cambridge, MA plans to work to support the needs students of every race, ethnicity and socio-economic background in need of advanced learning, at the same time as we support the needs of all students in Cambridge. Our mission and goals [...] |
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