I expect this nonsense in Kansas, but in Rhode Island? Just south of the border, Westerly has decided to start publicly humiliating kids over a few dollars in overdue lunch money: Parents in Westerly are outraged over a new school lunch … [Read more...]
Holyoke Schools Declared Level 5, State Takes Control
Via Michelle Williams of MassLiveNews.com: "BREAKING: The state board of education declares Holyoke Public Schools a 'chronically underperforming' Level 5 district, under state control." As Peter Balonon-Rosen reports for WBUR, Holyoke … [Read more...]
Harvard Business School’s Oldest Alumni Propose a New Climate Project
Boston, MA, April 2, 2015--Helping to kick off Harvard’s first annual “Climate Week,” centenarian F. Gorham Brigham, Jr., and 97-year-old Del Markoff, Harvard Business School’s oldest living alumni, are calling on the school’s alumni, … [Read more...]
Lifting the Charter School Cap: A Look at the Numbers
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...]
Hope, community and problems with the “privilege” doctrine
The concept of white privilege has been mentioned in many opinion pieces recently, inspired by the injustice of the recent grand jury decisions. You can find lots of articles in the media about this concept, along with lots of vigorous … [Read more...]
Make Testing Overkill History: Sign the Less Testing, More Learning Petition Today!
The Globe’s lead editorial today recognizes the rising backlash against overuse and misuse of standardized testing. The editorial says that “resistance has grown louder, accompanied by some specific complaints: about schools overloading on … [Read more...]
We are being asked to raise test scores at the same time we are being deprived of our best hope for doing so…
I am wondering if anyone here has had success in going around the middle-man to fund an urgent need. When BPS canceled many buses all over the city, it destroyed West Roxbury Academy’s successful after-school tutoring program to help … [Read more...]
MA Taskforce Report Tells Schoolkids: Inform, Conform, and Trust the Police
Cross-posted at Digital Fourth Following on from the Sandy Hook school shooting, the "Massachusetts Task Force on School Safety and Security" released a report in July. As you'd expect from a report written with plenty of police … [Read more...]
Tito Jackson Talks Black Men and Boys in Boston
The numbers can be grim — longevity, disease outcomes, death by violence, absent fathers, unemployment, imprisonment... Being a Black male, man or boy, in Boston is rough. Tito Jackson is working on that complex status. He came on Left … [Read more...]
‘Arts for All’ Initiative Seeks Arts Education Requirement for Entry to MA State Universities
We hand delivered this report earlier today and just issued the following release: Seeking to better prepare students for academic and professional success, MASSCreative and Arts|Learning have launched Arts for All, an … [Read more...]
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