Education Innovators Receive Awards At The State House | Boston

May 13, 2012 - PRLog -- At 10:00 AM on May 30, in the Gardner Auditorium at Massachusetts State House, JFYNetWorks will recognize a group of educational innovators who have helped keep Massachusetts in the forefront of American education during the past year.  These JFYNet partners represent the vanguard of innovation in education.

Honorees
North Shore Technical High School
Malden High School  
Revere High School
Knox Trail Junior High School
Diman Regional Vocational Technical High School
Essex Agricultural Technical High School  
Shawsheen Valley Technical High School
MIT Office of Educational Innovation and Technology, Software Tools for Academics and Researchers  
Solution Grove
The College Board
Pearson Education

Each year, JFYNet Works presents awards to a select group of individuals and schools that have made significant contributions to the cause of improving student achievement. This year, the awards are focused on innovative uses of technology in the classroom—the heart of the JFYNet program.

JFYNet has been helping schools use technology to improve student achievement since 2000.  This year, the program is providing technology-enriched instruction to more than 6000 students in 28 middle schools, high schools, community colleges and community agencies in two states.  JFYNet has compiled a twelve-year record of success in raising student achievement on the MCAS. In the past year, the new Accuplacer Readiness program has helped students qualify for college-level courses and avoid non-credit “developmental” courses.  

Gary Kaplan, JFYNet’s Executive Director is quite passionate about the programs offered through JFYNet and shares this:

"Massachusetts was the first state in the Union to institute universal public education in 1852 thanks to its pioneering secretary of education Horace Mann.”  He adds, “The Bay State’s educational leadership has continued through the current era of standards-based education reform. The goal of JFYNet is to continue that leadership into the age of online student-centered instruction.”  Mr. Kaplan’s enthusiasm continues through his final thought with us, “Innovation has always been a core competency of the Commonwealth. JFYNet is proud to be part of that long tradition.”


The JFYNet blended learning program helps schools use technology effectively to improve student achievement.  In 12 years of operation in schools throughout Massachusetts. JFYNet has helped more than 60,000 students meet high school graduation standards and prepare for college-level work.