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...]
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...]
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...]
Charter School Attrition
Well, with Scot Lehigh once again burnishing the charter school myth in today's Globe, it's time once again to go to the numbers. Charter schools like to tout their test scores and long waiting lists, especially when advocating for more … [Read more...]
From Media Thru Pols, Enough Warren Muck
Let's not even pretend that Elizabeth Warren's repeating family anecdotes about having Cherokee ancestors is important, substantive in the race for US Senate. What it does illustrate includes: First the Boston Herald, dogged closely by … [Read more...]
Today’s Boston Globe’s front page has a split personality
Unfortunately, I personally have no way to validate or invalidate the statistics I get from either DAs or The Committee for Public Counsel Services. According to the DAs, there are no funds they receive except staff salaries. … [Read more...]
Thank you Boston Herald and Lowell Sun!
Governor Patrick's proposal to dismantle the Committee for Public Counsel Services (CPCS) and move the constitutionally mandated defense of indigent Massachusetts residents into the executive branch is poorly thought out. This … [Read more...]
Mary Connaughton’s Extreme Endorsements: Is the Globe Losing its Soul?
The same Globe editorial board decided to endorse conservative state legislator candidates like Chris Spadafora, whose primary contribution to our political discourse has been to host a fundraiser at which comedian Lenny Clarke was recorded … [Read more...]
Let us raise a toast to burying Question 1
The truth is, the fight to repeal the alcohol tax is being fought by the alcohol industry, for the alcohol industry. The evidence that this is a special tax break for alcohol is in the donations. The contributions to the repeal of the … [Read more...]
My letter in the Boston Globe speaks for itself
Here is a link to the letter just in case you are interested. No one thinks much about court-appointed attorneys - until they need one or someone they care about needs indigent defense. … [Read more...]
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