University Reporter: December, 1999
Program Boosts Teaching and Learning at Dorchester High School
Throughout the discussion about education in Massachusetts that has been taking place this decade, and through all the proposals and posturing, one point stands out: To better equip our students, we need to better equip our teachers.
One program that appears to be fulfilling that mission is UMass Boston's Teach Next Year partnership with Dorchester High School (DHS). In sum, this program places a dozen aspiring teachers in a classroom setting for a full school year while they also pursue their graduate studies. In contrast, someone pursuing a traditional master's degree would customarily be enrolled in a full-time two-year program that included one semester of student teaching.