This is one op ed you won't be reading in the Boston Globe. The Globe decided to "pass on it," as they have on most other dissenting education policy pieces over the past 17 years. What is the sound does an op ed page make without even one … [Read more...]
ROUNDING ‘THE GLOBE’
ROUNDING 'THE GLOBE': A Teacher's Perspective on Ed Reform The attack on public education-and on the meaning of education itself-though the promotion of for-profit charters and the mandating of excessive testing was facilitated by two … [Read more...]
Jacoby gets it right. (Did I really just say that?)
A couple from Brazil, seeking a better life for themselves and their 2-month-old daughter, enter the United States unlawfully. They settle in Massachusetts, where 18 years later the girl graduates from a public high school, as assimilated … [Read more...]
The Globe’s bizarre editorial on the MassDOT board
What's up with the Globe and the unions, anyway? They're really unhappy that Governor named well-known union organizer Janice Loux to the new MassDOT board. I don't actually know that much about Loux, so I'm not taking a … [Read more...]
The Globe’s very odd endorsement of Tom Menino
While Menino is overly reliant on some longtime loyalists, his top officials have usually been strong figures. Yes, if by "strong figure" you mean "on a leave of absence until issues surrounding potentially criminal conduct are … [Read more...]
Alex Beam on the Future
I always love it when Emily Rooney, on WGBH's "Beat the Press," contemplates the demise of print journalism. She gets an expression on her face that the French call a "moue," sort of halfway between a pout and a frown. … [Read more...]
Road Villains 1, 2, and 3
Cross-posting: I'm passionate about cycling and cross-posted this at Marry in Massachusetts and Harrumph!There's little point to the moot and pissant arguments about whether car/truck/bus operators or cyclists are more likely per … [Read more...]
Who the Globe polled, and how the Gov should campaign
Did anyone else notice that the much-discussed Globe poll is not of "likely voters," or even "registered voters," but rather, "randomly selected Massachusetts adults"? How seriously should we take poll results if they don't reflect … [Read more...]
All heck breaks loose at the Globe
Good times on Morrissey Boulevard. The Boston Globe's largest union tonight narrowly rejected $10 million in wage and benefit cuts, and the paper's owner prepared to quickly impose a 23 percent pay cut on the union's members. Such a move by … [Read more...]
Globe Losing Aim
Look at the facts related in this text, and then the silliness in the emphasized sentence. The governor and his staff have said Patrick officials, as soon as they discovered something was amiss, referred the matter for investigation, … [Read more...]
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