On Gambling: Have Casinos Peaked? Is Gambling an Unfair Way to Raise Revenue?
Considering the daily barrage of casino noise in Massachusetts, two different pieces caught our eye [...]
BPS Contracts Out Management of 2 Schools
The Globe ran a story Sunday about the upcoming change in status of both English High School and [...]
Community Groups Call Out STAND Hypocrisy
Open Letter to STAND for Children: "We represent organizations across Massachusetts, including communities that STAND [...]
Mediation Begins
Tomorrow, 1/6, we will hold our first mediation session with the Boston School Department. There [...]
“Oh what a tangled web we weave, When first we practice to deceive”
Yesterday the superintendent's office put out a publication, BPS This Week, that put a 'creative' [...]
When the Central Staff Procrastinates, Everyone Suffers
Somewhere between September 12 and April 27 the school department realized that the 12 hours' [...]
School Department Fiddles While Decisions Await…Again
Hennigan/ELC West End-of-Year Schedule Still Up in Air After 9 Months of Procrastination A delayed [...]
Message from Arne Duncan: You’ve Got a Friend
What could be more touching and moving than an open letter to teachers from Education [...]
The Limits of School Reform
An Op-Ed columnist in the NY Times writes: "Going back to the famous Coleman report [...]