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Follow the (Walton) Money

August 27, 2013 By jamaicaplainiac Leave a Comment

As soon as John Connolly had renounced the Stand for Children money he (and Conley and Barros) attempted to get to influence the Boston mayoral race, local pundits began suggesting that the whole controversy was just political theater and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: boston, Boston Mayoral Race, dan-conley, democrats, education, education-reform, John Barros, john-connolly, stand-for-children, walmart

Stand for Children, MTA and other leaders agree on evaluations; now let’s make sure they drive staffing decisions

January 28, 2012 By jwilliams 12 Comments

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...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: 2012-elections, attorney-general-martha-coakley, ballot-initiative, ballot-question, education, Great Teachers Great Schools, lawsuit, massachusetts, Massachusetts teachers union, massachusetts-teachers-association, mta, stand-for-children, teacher evaluations, teacher performance, teachers

Stand for Children: Lawmakers have chance to ensure schools promote and recognize teachers based on performance, not just seniority

January 5, 2012 By jwilliams 18 Comments

Yesterday, Secretary of the Commonwealth William Galvin transmitted to the state legislature An Act to Promote Excellence in Public Schools. The proposed initiative, if passed, would make necessary changes to state law to ensure every … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: An Act to Promote Excellence in Public Schools, ballot-question, children, education, Great Teachers Great Schools, massachusetts, Massachusetts teachers, public-schools, Stand for Children Massachusetts, stand-for-children, teacher accountability, teacher effectiveness, UMASS Amherst poll

Stand for Children: Grassroots no more

April 6, 2010 By tracynovick 2 Comments

Cross-posted on who-cester.blogspot.com Grassroots: of or pertaining to society at the local level rather than at the center of political activity especially as contrasted with the leadership or elite of a political party, social … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: advocacy, education, stand-for-children

‘ROUNDING THE GLOBE’-10: What does STAND stand for?

March 30, 2010 By bill-schechter 4 Comments

'ROUNDING THE GLOBE'-10: What does STAND stand for? There are a host of journalistic sins. When it comes to its coverage of education policy, the Boston Globe has committed all of them: selective sourcing in news, exclusion of dissenting … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: boston-globe, education-reform, mcas, stand, stand-for-children

Stand for Children’s stands

March 29, 2010 By tracynovick 16 Comments

or, Follow the money. Today's publication of Massachusetts not getting Round 1 Race to the Top money, and the push that is sure to follow from Stand for Children, moves me to make sure we know who is influencing us. Cross-posted on … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: corporate-influence, education, race-to-the-top, stand-for-children

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bluemassgroupBlue Mass. Group@bluemassgroup·
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When Scott Brown won in January 2010, Alan Khazei told us, “you can’t read too much into it. It’s a special election!”

Bad result but good to keep in mind.

Stephanie Murray@stephanie_murr

Looks like JEFF TURCO wins the race to replace former House Speaker Robert DeLeo in the 19th Suffolk District. JUAN PABLO JARAMILLO comes in second by just under 300 votes.

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Yikes.

Adam Bass@AdamBassWCCS

The idea of a Pro Life Trump supporter winning Suffolk 19 is not out of the ordinary. Winthrop is particular is much more right leaning that Revere. And Revere got severely out voted. When Capobianco had his story, that left you with two progressives. #mapoli

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Jo_ComerfordJo Comerford@Jo_Comerford·
2 Mar

.@CDCgov dir. @RWalensky, once part of MA's #COVID19 advsy board, said

"Now is not the time to relax the critical safeguards that we know can stop the spread of COVID-19 ... not when we are so close."

But @MassGovernor pushes to reopen.

Who is advising Gov. Baker now?

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JoeCurtatoneJoseph A. Curtatone@JoeCurtatone·
1 Mar

It's time to state outright that Charlie Baker's science advisory team is the Chamber of Commerce. That's why we were slow to act last year, why our public health network got ignored on vaccines & why our reopenings have flown in the face of data, expert advice & common sense. https://twitter.com/MikeConnollyMA/status/1366423893276303364

Mike Connolly@MikeConnollyMA

Just reiterating my COVID philosophy: Instead of bucking advice from the CDC and Dr. Fauci (by further reopening the Mass. economy), we should #TaxTheRich and use the new revenue to provide cash relief to people in need and small businesses while also investing in health equity.

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2 Mar

He’s running

Simón Ríos@simonfrios

Mayor Joe Curtatone announces this is his final year as mayor of Somerville. @WBUR

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