Today I received a robocall from the Healy campaign or some group supporting her regarding Deval's alleged stance on education. Here's the a transcript:Deval Patrick opposes charter schools, merit pay for teachers, and keeping MCAS as … [Read more...]
Graft, corruption in federal (and Mass.) Reading First program
September 23, 2006Report Says Education Officials Violated RulesBy SAM DILLONThe New York TimesDepartment of Education officials violated conflict of interest rules when awarding grants to states under President Bushs billion-dollar … [Read more...]
Romney-Healey: No state scholarship for LEGAL Immigrants
Here's the text of the letter, on letterhead:Commonwealth of MassachusettsExecutive DepartmentState House Boston 02133(617) 725-4000MITT ROMNEY Governor KERRY HEALEY Lieutenant GovernorSeptember 2006Dear STUDENT … [Read more...]
Problem Solving
Deval needs to find a nice way to say what Cosby said on the 50th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education: "I am talking about these people who cry when their son is standing there in an orange suit. Where were you when he was 2? Where … [Read more...]
Rep. Toomey on the In-State Tuition Bill
In denying these young people an affordable higher education option, the opponents of this bill have helped to continue the cycle of poverty that often grips immigrant communities. These children are, in many ways, the future of their … [Read more...]
More Evidence That Charter Schools Don’t Work
Yet another NYT article pointing out the evidence that charter schools do not outperform traditional public schools and that often times they lag far behind.http://www.nytimes.c...Why are Democrats embracing Republican ideas about education … [Read more...]
No Child Left Behind: Just So Much Cannon Fodder
I just received a letter disclosing an outrageous (not to say obscene) aspect of the No Child Left Behind education reform law. Our high school principal wrote to inform us that a provision of NCLB requires high schools "to provide … [Read more...]
Will Public Education determine the election outcome?
Pablo put up a very interesting post that led to a good discussion of federal No Child Left Behind (NCLB) and state Ed Reform. My response to a good comment on that thread by Publius got so long that I decided I better create new post … [Read more...]
Deval’s Vision of Hope for Education
It's fair to say that after our recreational governors, many schools in Massachusetts need help. Some buildings need repair or replacement, many children need early education and full-day kindergarten, and our public higher education … [Read more...]
Tom Reilly’s Education Plan
Since the mainstream media has zero interest in the candidates' public policy positions, here is the latest installment in Tom Reilly's Massachusetts Action Plan: The "Never Give Up On a Child" education plan.I was away over the weekend, … [Read more...]