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Piloting Field Trips

February 22, 2017 By columwhyte 4 Comments

PILOT PAYMENTS LIGHT PILOT (Payment in lieu of taxes) reform often moves to the fore as budget season rolls around. In Boston half of the land is tax exempt, which strains our municipal services. Voluntary PILOT payments are not … [Read more...]

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Boston Foundation: Why won’t you help US out?

October 19, 2014 By columwhyte 11 Comments

I recently read a post by Delores Ann Woods about her interaction with the Boston Foundation. The Boston Foundation declined to help fund a program for ELL and special needs students. Woods writes : "When BPS canceled many buses all over … [Read more...]

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Keep the Charter Cap (With a Boston Accent)

July 16, 2014 By columwhyte Leave a Comment

Google "segregation" and this is what first pops up: seg·re·ga·tion ˌsegriˈgāSHən/ noun the action or state of setting someone or something apart from other people or things or being set apart. "the segregation of pupils with learning … [Read more...]

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Cola: More Like a Can of Coke

January 20, 2014 By columwhyte Leave a Comment

I remember walking from East Second street in South Boston with my grandfather, “Papa”, as I used to call him. Often times we would take a stroll around Castle Island and then later head up to my favorite spot as a small child, Slocum’s … [Read more...]

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September 14, 2013 By columwhyte 1 Comment

This is a public service message brought to you by a concerned citizen and Boston Public School teacher. It has come to my attention that ALL students with disabilities, designated as 0.4, automatically receive a warning score on the MCAS. … [Read more...]

https://bluemassgroup.com/2013/09/61786/

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NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS, NEIGHBORHOOD SUPERINTENDENT

June 16, 2013 By columwhyte 4 Comments

A nation wide search is currently underway for BPS's (Boston Public Schools) next superintendent. The very capable John McDonough will be the interim superintendent until, presumably, well after our next mayor is elected. My question to … [Read more...]

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Citizens First: A Call to Create “Charter” Police and Fire Stations, brought to you by Democrats for Public Safety Reform (DFPSR)

May 18, 2013 By columwhyte 48 Comments

The status quo is not working. "Something" has to be done. Generous direct "donations" from the Waltons and Koch Brothers, as well as strong support from the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) have helped "Citizens First" realize our … [Read more...]

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Raise the Cap on Traditional Public Schools

May 13, 2013 By columwhyte 9 Comments

The following is a copy of an email that I sent to my school's staff earlier this year. As a prelude, I wonder if the Boston Foundation will ever laud BPS for anything. Regardless, we have much to brag about. Charters have much to be … [Read more...]

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Fill the Barrel Before We Lift the Lid

April 14, 2013 By columwhyte 5 Comments

A Boston Globe blogger recently posted the following about charter schools: "very small difference in SPED enrollment between charters and traditional public schools." Exhaustingly, I often read such postings from the drummers of the … [Read more...]

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No Excuses

March 24, 2013 By columwhyte 1 Comment

A few months ago I was tweeting about educational policy. Some folks starting chastising me for "making excuses" concerning student achievement. I contended that teacher quality is not the problem that the education reform movement … [Read more...]

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hashtagroberto Roberto A. Jiménez Rivera @hashtagroberto ·
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This is an absolute failure from our state government. We are facing a housing crisis, an infrastructure crisis, a climate crisis, and so many more.

We have to invest these resources into our communities! Our people desperately need the help! #mapoli

State House News @statehousenews

NEW: A week after fiscal 2022 ended, Mass. Taxpayers Foundation estimates "historic" $3.6 billion state budget surplus. #mapoli

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brendanws90 Brendan Salisbury @brendanws90 ·
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Hard to read that second post as anything other than a call for violence but hey, what do I know. #mapoli

mass politics @SpareBostonian

Dean Tran having a very normal one since being indicted

And if I was very credibly accused of invading some random law abiding elderly constituent’s home to steal her guns I’m not sure I’d be posting about “good people bearing arms to fight against tyranny”

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mariefrances_ma Marie-Frances @mariefrances_ma ·
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.@BrianEKennedy2 this is the truth!!! “Time and time again, this country has decided against democracy and the pursuit of liberty for all peoples and has instead chosen to protect accumulated wealth.” Super relevant to #mapoli current tax policy convos. #taxjusticeISracialjustice

Liberation in a Generation @liberation_gen

.@BrianEKennedy2 wrote a tour-de-force for our @NextCityOrg #HearUs4Justice column about the "stolen, and later coerced and exploited labor of Black workers [that] has underwritten the United States' survival and its successes." Don't sleep on it ⬇️
https://nextcity.org/urbanist-news/hear-us-america-runs-on-black-labor

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cfreiss_boston Christopher Freiss 🦔 @cfreiss_boston ·
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I am a lowest-level elected official (join your local ward committee!) and I gladly endorse pretty much all of this. #bospoli #mapoli

David Rothkopf @djrothkopf

I've worked in DC and in and around politics most of my adult life. Here are a bunch of reasons I have concluded along the way I could never be a politician:
1.) I believe the US Constitution is in need of a big overhaul, is profoundly out of date in key ways & flawed in others.

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pfhlick ┻━┻ ︵ヽ(`Д´)ノ︵ ┻━┻ @pfhlick ·
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This story is unreal - and still unfolding. An entire town poisoned, possibly spread through contaminated ground water and toxic inputs being passed into organic waste streams.

Protecting our water and soil from contamination is more critical than ever. #mapoli

Mindi Messmer @MindiMessmer

Another tragic #pfas story by @davabel. @TalkingPFAS @PEERorg @NHSafeWaterA https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/07/06/science/when-organic-is-toxic-how-composting-facility-likely-spread-massive-amounts-forever-chemicals-across-one-town-massachusetts/

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mainenewshound mainenewshound @mainenewshound ·
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NO VALID PHOTO ID, NO VOTE IN NOVEMBER.
MISSOURI-- to vote in November a Photo ID from the State of Missouri or US Federal government will be required---source Komu8
#mepolitics #mapoli #vote2022 #nhpolitics #tx

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