Cross-posted to Granby01033This is a follow-up from my previous post on a graduate student senate.I received an email from the UMass Graduate Student Senate about the lack of graduate student representation on the search committee for a new … [Read more...]
UMass Board of Trustees Freezes Out Grad Students & Staff
As a grad student at UMass-Amherst, I receive a lot of UMass communications. This one is from the Graduate Student Senate. I don't blame the governor for the UMass Board of Trustees since Romney appointed most of them, but the Board is … [Read more...]
Conservative Study Dashes Market-Based Solution to Education Woes
My suspicion is that the market-based approach to school reform has more to do with bringing business interests and applying a failing economic theory into education than improving education. Competition doesn't necessarily bring out the … [Read more...]
Ed Reformer: Ed Reform Fundamentally Mistaken
I don't know whether to laugh or cry at Edward Moscovitch's article in Commonwealth Magazine. What else to make of his admission that the assumptions underlying educational reform were critically flawed? It's nice to see one of the … [Read more...]
Together We Can’t? Change in the Patrick Era
"The conversation we're having is about two totally huge paradigm changes," said Crosby, who was a member of Patrick's transition team. "The biggest one is the conversation about whether or not to have new revenue, as opposed to how much … [Read more...]
Perspectives on MCAS Science Results
"This helps us create a sense of urgency around the parts of our education system that need to be strengthened," said Chris Anderson, president of the Massachusetts High Technology Council and a member of the state Board of Education. … [Read more...]
OPEN LETTER TO THE EDITORS OF THE BOSTON GLOBE
Minority teacher candidates, according to the Globe Editors, are failing the Massachusetts Test of Educational Licensure (MTEL) because of teacher education. The Editors are frequently misinformed, and generally out-of-step with their own … [Read more...]
Standard Issue: Patrick Picks Reville to Head Mass. BOE
One wonders if Reville is aware of the research that has been done on high-stakes testing and the questions it raises on high-stakes testing. An article in Educational Researcher, for example, found that schools align curriculum to state … [Read more...]
NCLB: Democrats Are Stupid Too
And Kennedy is no better. Kennedy, who worked closely with President Bush in writing the law, has for years said the much-reviled measure would work if the administration provided the money schools need to develop good tests and help … [Read more...]
Wingnut Sues Over Gay Marriage Question
Cross-posted at Granby01033I'm sure Stephen Dunne thinks he's impressing someone. But it's hard to believe anyone capable of rational though would be impressed. Dunne is suing Massachusetts Board of Bar Examiners and the Massachusetts … [Read more...]
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