SPRINGFIELD — Nearly a decade after a state and local partnership was created to radically remake eight underperforming middle schools, Springfield schools today have rebounded and become a national model, recently attracting groups from across the U.S. to see the success for themselves.
This spring, a group from Georgia spent a whole day visiting Springfield Empowerment Zone Partnership schools to find out how they operate, and to observe students and teachers in several classrooms that are part of the zone.
