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Here’s why Massachusetts voters should say NNYY on November 8 ballot questions

November 2, 2016 By Jamie Eldridge

The country will decide who our next president will be on November 8th, but Massachusetts voters will also make decisions on ballot questions that will have a significant impact locally. Here's why I will vote #NNYY next Tuesday. No On … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: ballot-questions, charter-schools, jamie-eldridge, marijuana legalization, massachusetts, NoOn1, NoOn2, public-education, YesOn3, YesOn4

Are Charter Schools Good Schools?

October 23, 2016 By carl_offner

A pro-charter-school paper by Thomas Kane at the Harvard Ed School has been going around and reached us here in Sudbury. I looked into it a bit and wrote what I think is a reasoned response, which I have circulated locally and on the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: charter-schools

Senate Charter School Bill May Close More Charters Than It Opens

March 31, 2016 By progressivemax

Disclaimer: I'm not an expert in education policy. I did take a quick look through the bill, and came to a startling conclusion that I want to get your input on. The Senate's Charter School bill states that if a Charter has a worse … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: charter-schools

How the Ed Reform Sausage Gets Made: The Barr Foundation

January 3, 2016 By jamaicaplainiac

I had hoped to write a big ol' primer on the Walsh Administration's plan to charterize the Boston Public Schools. But it's hard for me to write coherently about something that makes me so angry, and, anyway, anything I wrote would basically … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: Barr Foundation, boston, Boston Plan For Excellence, charter-schools, education, education-reform, The Boston Compact

Boston Compact: Charters Reject Choice

November 16, 2015 By jamaicaplainiac

There are many reasons to be suspicious of The Boston Compact's Unified Enrollment plan, not least of which is that a body that "Chief Collaboration Officer" Rachel Weinstein asserts is "not a public organization" (direct quote from last … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: boston, Boston Compact, charter-schools, education, ELL, special-education

Backfilling: The Solution to Charter School Waiting Lists

August 26, 2015 By jamaicaplainiac

So now the charter school advocates are trying a ballot initiative to raise the charter school cap. Think of the children! Those poor children languishing on the charter school waiting lists! I know from personal experience that there's … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: backfill, ballot-initiative, boston, charter school cap, charter-schools, education, massachusetts

Lifting the Charter School Cap: A Look at the Numbers

March 9, 2015 By jamaicaplainiac

I read this story about a civil rights lawsuit being used as an end-run around the legislature and their increasingly-skeptical constituents to raise the charter school cap. I decided to put my feelings aside and take a hard look at the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: charter-schools, civil-rights, education, marty-walsh, public-education

Massachusetts Legislators…LISTEN UP!

December 27, 2014 By jshore

In todays Boston Globe, Michael J. Maguire wrote a letter “James Peyser Supports Unfair Charter Schools,” and in a recent BMG post by Nopolitician, “Elections Have Consequences: Baker Hires Charter Booster as Education Secretary”  I found … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: baker, charter-schools, New Market Tax Credits, New School Venture Fund, Peyser, pioneer-institute, public-schools, QZAB

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

On Raising the Charter School Cap

July 29, 2013 By jamaicaplainiac

Two agenda items of the "Education Reform" crowd are showing up as issues in Boston's mayoral race.  I'd like to look at the first one: raising the cap on charter schools in Boston. And I can see why this is at the top of the agenda.  … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: boston, Boston Mayoral Race, charter-schools, education, election

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progressivemass Progressive Mass @progressivemass ·
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Starting soon! Our roundtable with @CommonStartMA on parents and child care/early. Join us!

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Sign up at https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwpce-orjkoEtfpNYy9fXw99r72x9PRAh3v

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rachelnmiselman Rachel Nicole @rachelnmiselman ·
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I think that you mean *Atkinson* Street. 😉 @seroxbury

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South End - Roxbury Community Partnership @seroxbury

The public health approach is to contain people on Akitson Street living in tents!

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dspangallo Dominick Pangallo @dspangallo ·
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“‘It’s a pivotal moment for #SalemMA, and I feel strongly that we can’t go backwards,’ Dominick told GBH News Wednesday. ‘We have a strong foundation to build on and keep moving our city forward as a place that works for everyone.’”

#mapoli

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mysteriousrook Ed Lyons @mysteriousrook ·
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I support trans rights, yet I can’t help notice the growing and historically new and weird trend of protesting at your statehouse for because of what other state legislatures are doing, things that your legislature is firmly on record being against. #mapoli

SenRobynKennedy @senrobynkennedy

The message is simple: Protect Trans Kids.

We must ensure that our kids feel safe and protected as they pursue a life free of discrimination and danger because of who they are.

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mysteriousrook Ed Lyons @mysteriousrook ·
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Let me just say loud and clear - to transit twitter, to the governor, to the legislature, and everyone else in #mapoli: Transit Matters has been wrong for years in their predictions of what is and is not possible at MBTA.

TransitMatters @transitmatters

"Let me just say loud & clear—to him, to the governor, to the legislature—if [Phil Eng] only has the resources that he has today, he will fail because they're not enough."

Tune in to our Board Member @JimAloisi on @GreaterBoston ↓ https://twitter.com/GBHNews/status/1640750597069570051

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lydiamedwards Lydia Edwards @lydiamedwards ·
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Thank you @SenJohnVelis for inviting me to speak with Housing Authorities in your district! #mapoli #bospoli

Senator John Velis @SenJohnVelis

Grateful to my friend and @MA_Senate Housing Chair, @LydiaMEdwards, for taking the time today to meet with Housing Authorities in my district.

We had a productive conversation on how we can improve CHAMP (MA Common Housing Application) and support our Public Housing Authorities.

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