What if there were a way to replace old, non-excellent teachers with fresh new ones—and best of all, make sure that the new teachers remain freshly excellent? Great news reader! The problem that has long stifled our public schools, causing … [Read more...]
Scot Lehigh vs. Professor Menino
From Scot Lehigh's column in the Boston Globe today comes this intriguing snippet: Over the years, as he’s been thwarted on various aspects of his education agenda, I’ve prodded Mayor Menino to support more Commonwealth charters. After the … [Read more...]
Follow the Walmart $$$
Psssst: Did you know that Walmart money is paying for virtually every aspect of the campaign to eliminate the cap on charter schools in Massachusetts? Millions in Walmart dough is being steered to the groups that advocate for charter school … [Read more...]
In First Outing, Democrats for Education Reform Falls Short
Say you’re a young man who is all about *crushing* the achievement gap and you just happen to have a cool $20K of daddy’s money to plunk down in order to influence an important local election. But who do you support? Do you go with the … [Read more...]
The Charter Waiting List Game
It's a bird, it's a plane, it's some actual reporting from the Boston Globe! Today's above-the-fold expose by James Vaznis shines some much needed light on one of the worst kept secrets in charter-land: that incredible, ever expanding … [Read more...]
Are Urban College Prep Charters a Scam?
And now it’s time for today’s high-stakes test question: which of the following is better at putting students on a path to college? A. Our failing public schools B. The college prep academies that are proliferating in cities across the … [Read more...]
The Failure of our Failed and Failing Schools
Did you know that African American 8th graders in Massachusetts outscored the Finns in math on last year’s TIMSS tests, the global education equivalent of March Madness? Or how about the fact that between 2003-2011, students in the Boston … [Read more...]