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Follow the (Walton) Money

August 27, 2013 By jamaicaplainiac

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

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

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

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

'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

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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📛Update: Pentagon Press Secretary Brigadier General Ryder said this tonight: "We are seeing reports of a balloon transiting Latin America" We now assess it is another Chinese surveillance balloon."
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