Good News, Bad News on Increased Enrollment
Good News: At least 74 NEW classrooms are needed and will open next year in [...]
Educators in the News: Good News from the O’Donnell School
From the Globe In a small, ground-floor classroom packed with learning activities and restless first-graders, [...]
Scott Walker Wins; Two Cities in California Follow Lead
The big national story was of course, the failed recall effort in Wisconsin. At least as important [...]
Boston Municipal Research Bureau’s Sam Tyler Criticizes a Proposal to Add 8 Cents per Day to Pension of Retirees but Approves of City’s $11.5 Million Tax Break to State St. Bank
Finally, no one in the city knows more about public employees, how much they earn [...]
Superintendent Very Selective in Highlighting Articles to Staff: Union is Fair Game; School District is Off Limits
Superintendent Very Selective in Highlighting Articles to Staff: Union is Fair Game; School District is [...]
Mediation, Getting to ‘Yes,’ and Working Together
For Mediation to Work, All Stakeholders Must be Present Last week we began the mediation [...]
BTU Membership Awards $72,000 in Scholarships to BPS Students and Members’ Dependents
This past Saturday the BTU distributed scholarships to BPS graduating seniors as well as dependents [...]
Chicago Study Finds Mixed Results for AVID Program
Education Week reports: "Individual interventions intended to improve academic skills, such as the popular Advancement [...]
Gates Study on Value-Added Debunked (Again) Value-Added Measure Loses Even More Ground as Teacher Assessment Tool
Picture a balance scale that measures evidence that either supports or rejects the notion that [...]