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Conservatory Lab Charter School…Listen UP

February 20, 2018 By jshore

Boston Globe’s James Vaznis wrote an interesting article, “In an unusual move, Conservatory Lab Charter School seeks to join Boston Public Schools.”  My first reaction is “why would they want to do this considering they were just approved … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Editor, User Tagged With: Boston Public Schools, BPS, charter, Conservatory Lab Charter School

State of the City: Take to the Street

January 18, 2016 By jamaicaplainiac

In case you haven't seen it elsewhere, I'm putting it here: a bunch of us will be standing in the cold starting tomorrow at 4:30 PM to protest the $50 million proposed budget cuts from the Boston Public Schools' budget.  We don't have the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: boston, Boston Public Schools, education, inequality, injustice, marty-walsh

Massachusetts Senate…KEEPING THE CHARTER CAP!

July 15, 2014 By jshore

To amuse myself this month I have been following Pioneer Institute’s “lift the charter cap” road show which began with a trial run commentary by Chieppo and Gas at, of all places, the Providence Journal.  Pioneer has been touring the cloud … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: Boston Public Schools, charter, charter-school, charter-schools, CREDO, NMTC, QZAB, S2262

Hack for America

June 5, 2013 By edushyster

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...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: Boston Public Schools, boston-globe, scot-lehigh

The Failure of our Failed and Failing Schools

March 20, 2013 By edushyster

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...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: Boston Public Schools, boston-globe, charter-schools, City on a Hill, Excellence, failure, Outstandingness

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