Million$ in Private Money Going to Common Core
Money talks... From the New York Times: "Educational Publisher's Charity, Accused of Seeking Profits, Will Pay Millions" [...]
December book keeping
Good morning. A few bookkeeping items: Last week there was a broken link for the [...]
Education in the News: Are We Experiencing a Tipping Point on the Obsession with Standardized Testing?
Read Sam Chaltain in blogger Valerie Strauss's column: "It wasn't that long ago that suggesting [...]
SD Breaks Agreement on Conduct of Negotiations Both Sides Had Agreed to ‘Tone it Down’
On December 19 the BPS and BTU negotiators had a face-to-face meeting at which both [...]
Moving Billboard Says: Talk to Teachers
Our Message: Talk to Teachers. We have hired a moving billboard truck to travel throughout [...]
The Difficulty in Getting Large Non-Profits to Pay Their Fair Share of Property Taxes
Non-Profits Have Had a Free Lunch Since 1830 In December 2010, a city task force [...]
Pearson Publishing: Corporate Bribery or Just Good Business Practice?
"In the summer of 2010, Lu Young, the superintendent of schools in Jessamine County, a [...]
Now, for the rest of the story . . . Negotiations Update
We have scheduled three days of negotiations to take place in January and early February, [...]
Boston School Committee Voted Last Night
The appointed Boston School Committee voted last night to support the Superintendent's plan to close [...]