The largest union in Massachusetts endorsed Ed Markey for senate today: The Massachusetts Teachers Association, with 110,000 members in virtually every community in the state, gave their full support to Congessman Markey. Here's an … [Read more...]
Stand for Children, MTA and other leaders agree on evaluations; now let’s make sure they drive staffing decisions
With the introduction of the Great Teachers Great Schools initiative - An Act to Promote Excellence in Public Schools – earlier this month, and the subsequent lawsuit the Massachusetts Teachers Association (MTA) filed to challenge Attorney … [Read more...]
Rally for Wisconsin! (on Beacon Hill)
Tuesday, February 22 · 4:00pm - 6:00pm Location Massachusetts State House http://www.facebook.com/pages/... Support the Rights of Wisconsin Workers Tuesday, February 22nd 4-6PM Massachusetts State House Join workers from across … [Read more...]
Isn’t Deval Patrick really richer than Charlie Baker?
The MTA recently began airing ads saying that Charlie Baker is a rich health care executive. But in reality, isn't Deval Patrick far richer that Charlie Baker. Consider: Deval Patrick made $2 million per year when he last worked for … [Read more...]
‘ROUNDING THE CLOBE’-14: The RTTT news story from hell
'ROUNDING THE GLOBE'-14: Critical Analysis of Boston Globe Education Coverage The RTTT news story from hell Boston Globe, how about giving me a night off? I have already consigned James Vaznis, Globe education writer, to purgatory, as the … [Read more...]
Scott Brown’s Misguided Response to Mike Capuano’s MTA Endorsement
As our next U.S. Senator, Mike Capuano will fight to: 1) Provide more funding for our schools 2) Roll back the failed policies of No Child Left Behind 3) Allocate adequate funding to higher education grant programs to increase … [Read more...]
107,000 teachers give Mike Capuano a good grade.
And one thing you can say about school teachers as a class -- they know how to spot potential. They are professionally invested in building kind, productive human beings out of the raw stuff they see in the classroom carrying all kinds of … [Read more...]
No Tolls, No MTA
Cross-post: This appears at Marry in Massachusetts.Here we are worse. The semi-autonomous authority has backed itself into a cave with no way out. Its mythic justification for existence is providing revenue for road maintenance and … [Read more...]
Bailey “gets it”
Cross-posted from Bellicose Bumpkin MTA needs some edumacation Having been doomed to read more about casinos than anyone should ever have to, I see the gamut of information from studies, to blogs, and probably most of all news articles that … [Read more...]
The procedure followed by the Massachusetts Teachers Association prior to making Endorsements
Given how careful the MTA is, and the procedure they followed, I would say the MTA endorsement of Sean Garballey carries some heft. … [Read more...]