I am proud and honored to serve as Superintendent of Springfield Public Schools, the best school district in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. As a product of Mary A. Dryden Veterans Memorial School, Arthur T. Talmadge Elementary, Warner Elementary, M. Marcus Kiley Junior High, and Classical High School, I am living testament to the excellent education…

No matter where you live in our Country, you undoubtedly live within a walk, bus ride, or car ride to a school, daycare, homeschool, or learning center, and in some locations, to a community center or two.

Urban education continues to face the same self-defeating dilemma in that there are two truths that those of us in the field consider to be evidence-based facts. Students of color have better outcomes when they have even one teacher who looks like them during their K-12 education. Teachers of color continue to be underrepresented in…

Springfield Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Sonia Dinnall ushered in her inaugural school year with a convocation on August 23rd. The theme of the convocation, “Educating to Empower,” is a concept Dr. Dinnall has championed since she sought the role of superintendent, and during the convocation, she elaborated on its significance for the district.