For the first time in twenty years, Boston residents will select a new mayor this fall. A vigorous city council race is also underway. With crowded, dynamic fields, it is essential that voters get the most useful, transparent information … [Read more...]
Education Investment (Not Low Taxes) is Key to State Prosperity
A new paper released today by EARN (the Economic Analysis and Research Network) looks at what states can do to create strong state economies that support high wage jobs for their people. Is it low taxes, well educated workers, or something … [Read more...]
On The Extended School Day
The other day, I wrote about lifting the charter school cap. Today I'd like to address the other education "reform" being pressed in the Boston mayoral race: extending the school day. It's worth noting that after twenty years of … [Read more...]
On Raising the Charter School Cap
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...]
Massachusetts Third in Nation for Child Well-Being, Challenges Persist
Children in Massachusetts lead the nation in Educational achievement, and are at or near the top in a number of measures of Health, according to the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s 2013 KIDS COUNT Data Book In other areas, children in … [Read more...]
Walczak Promises to Ramp Up Boston
Bill Walczak’s true believers are just that. He’s one of the dozen running for mayor of Boston. His supporters (and he) point to his phenomenal, 4-decades-long record of making things happen and even doing the unlikely or seemingly … [Read more...]
Teachers Union Nod? Oh, Yes!
Public schools need to be better. A whole lot better. Yet in the valuable discussion of what to do and how, it is easy to fall into good union/bad union cliches which undermine even the most well-meaning critics, create a presumption of … [Read more...]
Mass Layoffs to Hit Already-Struggling New Bedford Schools
New Bedford officials are announcing massive layoffs across the already-troubled school system, reports Natalie Sherman of the Standard Times: School officials, describing a "large and painful" reduction, said Tuesday they need to cut 250 … [Read more...]
Plus ça Change – Standardized Testing in the 19th Century
With perhaps a little breathing room between primary and election, and the Legislature about to hold a hearing this Tuesday on charter school legislation, let's take a trip back to before the Civil War, when Massachusetts led the first race … [Read more...]
Your Ideas + My Ideas
As many in the Blue Mass Group community know, I am a former school teacher, a current At-Large Boston City Councilor, and I'm running for Mayor of Boston. I've always believed that city government is at its best when it's inclusive and … [Read more...]
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