So check this out: http://www.enterprisenews.com/... It is amazing to me that our state and city governments continue to run inefficient and low-quality programs all in the name of "local control." By ensuring that every city or town has … [Read more...]
School Slashes, Library Losses, and Rainy Day Raids
Here is a sampling of pieces appearing in local newspapers over the last week: TewksburyJune 7 Tewksbury Override to fund school district, town hallFairhavenSchool Budget Request Denied in Town MeetingBrooklineUpcoming Override Vote to … [Read more...]
Pioneer Institute and laughable hatchetry
I don't hate the conservative Pioneer Institute, I really don't. I've quoted their stuff here liberally. They've done interesting work on housing vis-a-vis zoning, did a nice report on crumbling bridges ... all fine and … [Read more...]
0.5% for the Kids- We need to Make Overrides History
How about "0.5% for the Kids" so we can preserve our local communties. If we increase the income tax 0.5% and hardwire the extra $1Billion for distribution on a per child per district basis so that all benefit, we can make it possible … [Read more...]
Calif: High Standards for Home-schooling
One reason I'm surprised that we haven't heard more about this ruling is that home-schooling is climbing up the list of priorities for the Christian Right. You see, the Christian Right has figured out that they do not have the legal … [Read more...]
All we are saying is give paste a chance.
Yesterday, on the last weekday of the February break, I was in my classroom reading a 25-page standardized, multiple-choice test on poetry. All 8th graders at my school will spend two hours taking this test on Tuesday. Its … [Read more...]
The Obstacles: The Speaker, the Money, and the Public Service Death Spiral
We're looking at a big fat budget shortfall again for next year. Ah well, business as usual -- they'll make it work out somehow, right?We've already dipped into rainy-day fund, which leaves us even more vulnerable now that … [Read more...]
Deval’s right…we need a SecEd
Why "almost despite himself"? Well, to take Deval at his word, this isn't even a big part of his "vision" for education. Looking at his ersatz eternal campaign/parallel government website devalpatrick.com, his spiel on education … [Read more...]
Slots for Tots – Part 1
Cross Posted from the Gladys Kravitz blog … [Read more...]
Teachers Good; Teachers’ Unions Bad!
Three years later, I started taking education courses and began a career as a teacher. I don't understand all the ins and outs of education policy, but I have a lot more insight into the things the community expects teachers to do and … [Read more...]
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