Boston: The Minority Report on Admission to Exam Schools
I previously posted the decision by the Boston School Committee to change the requirements for admission to its elite examination schools. What I didn’t know...
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Boston Globe: Parents Are Frustrated by Trying to School Their Children at Home
The Boston Globe interviewed parents and discovered a groundswell of exhaustion and frustration caused by the closure of schools and their new roles at home....
Boston: Falling Enrollment Forces Charter Chain to Retrench
The celebrated Boston charter City on a Hill is closing one of its schools and imposing budget cuts at another due to falling enrollments. Once...
Boston: New Superintendent Reduces Testing Overload!
Now here is good news! The new superintendent of the Boston Public Schools Brenda Casellius announced a reduction of district tests. This does not affect...
A True American Patriot and a Hero of Public Education
Neema Avashia learned that her middle school in Boston was going to close. She decided that she would stand and fight. She did. She...
Maurice Cunningham: A Privatizing Philanthropist Buys Space in the Boston Globe
Maurice Cunningham is a Professor at the University of Massachusetts who writes a blog that”follows the money.” He also happens to be one of the...
Boston: New Superintendent Is a Win for Parents and Community Groups
Christine Langhoff, retired teacher and education activist, welcomes Brenda Cassellius, Boston’s new Superintendent of Schools. She is not a Broadie, and she is not...
Boston Picks a New City Superintendent
The board of the Boston Public Schools selected Brenda Cassellius as its new superintendent. She is the former state superintendent in Minnesota, where she...
Chalkbeat: Attending a Selective High School Does NOT Confer Advantage
This is a story that made me happy. I graduated from a non-selective, open admissions public high school in Houston. It was untracked (but...
New York City Gives Consulting Contract to Ousted Boston Superintendent Tommy Chang
Tommy Chang was a top assistant to John Deasy in Los Angeles. After Deasy was pushed out in Los Angeles following a billion-dollar iPad bungle,...