Citywide MCAS Scores Released For more on the ups and downs of 1998-2000 MCAS scores for Boston, see reports . Also see reactions from Mass. Advocacy Center and Boston Plan for Excellence . The Boston Public Library is offering free online tutoring to Boston middle school students. By coming to a branch of the library, a student can sit down at a computer and connect with a college student helping as a tutor online and in real time. There are two periods of tutoring per week, each 45-60 minutes.
Registration forms are available at branch libraries.
Report Cards on the Schools. . . The Boston Municipal Research Bureau has a report on what's needed to capitalize on hiring and transfer provisions in the new Boston Teachers Union contract. The Mass. Advocacy Center has come out with an analysis of dropout figures from the Boston Public Schools. See reports . See reports .