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Once upon a time, I taught 2nd, 3rd, and 4th graders. Now I’m retired and working on new ventures.
Tag: Massachusetts
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We are vaccinated and boosted. We wear our masks nearly every place we go. And yet, this week I tested positive for COVID. Because of vulnerabilities of people in our circle, I mask except when outdoors or in the little-used stairwell of our building. We don’t eat indoors at restaurants and we haven’t even had…
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We are about a week beyond the Foundation Budget Review Commission (FBRC) disappointment. Last evening, as I listened in to a conference call sponsored by Mass Education Justice Alliance (MEJA), this question was posed: What we are missing because of underfunded schools? When I left active teaching in 2015, I know that underfunding was impacting…
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What will it take to break through the glass ceiling of education leadership in Massachusetts? The answer to that is still to be uncovered. On Monday, the Board of Education met to make a final candidate selection for Massachusetts’ next Commissioner of Education. There were three candidates: Penny Schwinn, Angelica Infante-Green, and Jeffrey Riley. Two…
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Make no mistake about it. The new and improved testing that is coming at Massachusetts schools starting next spring is a debacle in the making. Thanks to Tracy Novick for making some of the details more apparent to those interested in trying to stay informed about the new requirements. Read her latest post (link in previous…
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Who is this Mitchell Chester and why is he so invested in PARCC testing? Mitchell Chester is the current Commissioner of Education in Massachusetts. Think of that as a district superintendency, but on a state level. He was unanimously selected to be Massachusetts Commissioner of Education in 2008, following a 7-year stint in Ohio as Senior…
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My husband, Adrien, is a photographer. He actually has been a photographer for most of his life, having started out in high school, but was sidetracked by a career in music and in software. A couple of years ago, he started renting studio space in a revitalized textile mill building in Lowell, MA, Western Avenue…
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In Massachusetts, there is a bill before the General Court to eliminate or increase the cap on Charter Schools. I don’t know how things go in other parts of the country, but in Massachusetts, Charter Schools pull their funding from the local budget. The currently proposed bill lifts the cap on Charters — further privatizing…
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