2 Massachusetts Public Education: Are Students Really Winning?

Right now in Massachusetts the battle over public education, and the tax dollars (and tax credits!) associated with it, is coming to a head in the form of legislation, H4108: And Act Relative to Improving Student Achievement, at the state house which would raise the cap on charter schools.  Terms like "school choice", "poor and under-privileged students", "failing schools" and more are thrown around to scare the general public into believing that our traditional public schools are failing our children and the only solution is to open more charter schools. Unfortunately, for some reason our local mainstream media outlets continue to perpetuate...

0 Open Letter to Massachusetts Representatives Regarding House Bill 4091 "An Act Relative to Improving Student Achievement"

House Bill 4091 will be voted on by the Massachusetts Representatives during their session beginning at 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday, May 21, 2014! Please email your Massachusetts Representative with the title Vote NO on H4091!  Dear Representative: Education reform, as developed over twenty years ago, initially had the right idea: ensure that every child, regardless of need, ability or socio-economic status was truly being educated. Many of us applauded that finally schools and districts would be held accountable for educating our special education and ELL students to ensure that they were not, as was the norm, just being pushed...

0 Massachusetts Families and Students to Protest the Joint Education Committee Proposal to Lift the Cap for Charter Schools

MEDIA ADVISORY FOR:March 25, 2014 Massachusetts Families and Students to Protest the Joint Education Committee Proposal to Lift the Cap for Charter Schools Boston, MA—On March 25, a broad based coalition of public education stakeholders made up of families, students, educators, community members and groups representing schools throughout the Commonwealth, will come together at the Massachusetts State House to protest the announcement made Saturday, March 22, 2014 that a compromise negotiated by Sen. Chang-Diaz and Rep. Russell Holmes will allow the cap on the number of Charter Schools to increase in Massachusetts under Senate Bill 235/House...

0 Calling all 6 - 9th Grade Students: Your Voice, Your Future

Are you a sixth, seventh, eighth or ninth grade Boston student, or have one in your life? Want to be able to share your vision for Boston's future and possibly help the new mayor make those visions a reality? Want to meet a surprise celebrity guest, have some fun, enjoy entertainment, refreshments and an ice cream social while sharing your thoughts with Mayor-Elect Walsh? If the answer is yes, than what are you waiting for? Get signed up now for the first of its kind Inaugural Youth Summit hosted by Mayor-Elect Marty Walsh this Saturday afternoon, January 4th! The Youth Summit will be held at Roxbury...