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Stimulus funds net Wayland Teachers a $1250 lump sum payment

March 9, 2011 By bradmarston

As you can see from the table below, Wayland got $244,512. They have 195 teachers as measured by Full Time Equivalents (FTE's).   The link to the actual Mass.gov spreadsheet is here. The tab is aid436 and the cell is Cell 329:BE. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: brad-marston, public-unions, spending, stimulus, taxes, teacher-unions

‘ROUNDING THE GLOBE’-19: Getting personal with Larry Harmon

April 27, 2010 By bill-schechter

'ROUNDING THE GLOBE'-19: Critical analysis of Boston Globe education coverage Getting personal with Larry Harmon Last week, the Globe finally printed two good letters on ed reform and yesterday Vaznis wrote news article on impending … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: bill-gates, boston-globe, charters, diane-ravitch, larry-harmon, mcas, teacher-unions

‘ROUNDING THE GLOBE’-18: The Cartel Cometh

April 25, 2010 By bill-schechter

'ROUNDING THE GLOBE': Critical analysis of the Boston Globe education coverage 'The Cartel' Cometh Today, the Sunday Globe gave a barrel of ink over to a new film, "The Cartel," which will open soon in Boston. Filmmaker Bob Bowdon takes aim … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: boston-globe, teacher-unions

‘ROUNDING THE GLOBE’-11: The RTTT Script Is Duly Delivered

April 5, 2010 By bill-schechter

'ROUNDING THE GLOBE'-11: Critical analysis of Boston Globe education coverage The RTT Script is Delivered Please sit up straight and pay attention, because the script has now been written for the continuing Race To The Top (RTTT) … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: boston-globe, diane-ravitch, duncan, obama, rttt, teacher-pay, teacher-unions, testing

ROUNDING THE GLOBE 3: Twelve Underperforming Schools To Be ‘Shaken-Up’ in Boston

March 5, 2010 By bill-schechter

Ho-hum. It was the usual one-two punch in the Globe today. James Vaznis reported on the Boston superintendent's announcement that 12 'underperforming" Boston school will be shaken-up. Boston superintendent Carol Johnson announced that five … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: boston-globe, education-reform, menino, stutman, teacher-unions, vaznis

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