No Country for Old Data

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• Lexington Schools — Budget Crisis in Context
  March 2026 · Massachusetts Education
  Enrollment is declining, not booming. The "onslaught" of new housing won't reverse it. And cutting 72 staff positions barely moves the budget needle because COLA + steps on a senior workforce cost more than junior teachers save.
• Boston Public Schools — MCAS Performance Dashboard
  March 2026 · Boston Public Schools
  Interactive dashboard of all ~96 BPS schools. Ranked bar chart and scatter plot with filters for year, grade band, and metric. Click any school to compare.
• Sumner Elementary School — MCAS Analysis
  March 2026 · Boston Public Schools
  Deep dive into Sumner Elementary's MCAS scores from 2017–2025, including COVID recovery and cohort analysis. Sumner merged with Philbrick into the new Sarah Roberts School in fall 2025.
• Waltham Public Schools — MCAS Analysis
  March 2026 · Massachusetts Education
  How did Waltham's schools recover from COVID? Math scores in grades 3–4 have surpassed pre-COVID levels. ELA hasn't. A school-by-school and cohort breakdown.
• Massachusetts MCAS & Graduation Rates — Ballot Question 2 and Beyond
  March 2026 · Massachusetts Education
  Did eliminating MCAS as a graduation requirement (Nov 2024) boost grad rates? A look at statewide trends, district quartile analysis, calibrated long-run MCAS scores, and the Boston Public Schools story.