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Melville readies students for rough seas ahead
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The Supreme Court Is Set To Decide Whether Religious Kids Are Allowed A Good Education
Thanks to Kendra Espinoza, a determined Montana mom, the U.S. Supreme Court will take up and hopefully strike down the infamous legacy of state Know-Nothing and Blaine amendments. From Massachusetts to Michigan and across the nation, this case has the potential to overturn a century and a half of state constitutional discrimination against religious families and their quest for the most suitable and effective education for their children.
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Boston companies can partner with public universities to create fintech skills pipeline
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Financial…
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Denying students the opportunity to study classic works of literature leads to a culture of mediocrity
This op-ed appeared in The Springfield Republican and The Lowell…
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More students, employers need to benefit from voc-tech schools’ winning formula
This op-ed appeared in Commonwealth Magazine and New Bedford…
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To Keep Our Republic, American Students Must Study The French Revolution
By Jamie Gass and Will Fitzhugh
This op-ed appeared in The…
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How Massachusetts Showed the Way on Education Reform
By Jamie Gass & Charles Chieppo
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Guglielmo Marconi and the importance of innovation and choice in education
By Jamie Gass and Ze'ev Wurman
May 1, 2019
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As we mark 100th anniversary of Solzhenitsyn’s birth, we appreciate importance of historical literacy
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A Whale Of An Education Battle Rocks New Bedford
“[A] whale-ship was my Yale College and my Harvard,” reads…
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Setting a High Bar at Alma del Mar
Alma del Mar Charter School in New Bedford, MA, is fighting for…
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Remember Poland’s Working-Class Revolt Against Communism
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Reading great literature like ‘The Count of Monte Cristo’ helps students become great readers
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Op-ed: Time is right to study Jefferson in our schools
By Jamie Gass and Will Fitzhugh
"Students of reading, writing,…
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Op-ed: A Frankenstein’s monster attacks school literature
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Op-ed: Time to lift up Boston’s voc-tech high school
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By Tom Birmingham…
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Op-ed: Charters, Unions, And Public School Funding
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In the midst of the 2016…
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Op-ed: A Novel Solution To An Old Problem
By Tom Birmingham | The Boston Pilot | December 15, 2017
We…
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Op-ed: Our schools ignore US history at our peril
By Tom Birmimgham | Nov. 30, 2017
State must make good on requirement…
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Op-ed: Education establishment ruining reform
This op-ed appeared in the Boston Herald on Wednesday, November…
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Op-ed: It’s Time to Strengthen—Not Reduce!—History in Our Classrooms
By Tom Birmingham
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Op-ed: Students should know the name Fannie Lou Hamer
This op-ed has appeared in WGBH News and The Berkshire Eagle.
October…
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Op-ed: Education focus, testing on history, civics critical to well-informed citizenry
By Tom Birmingham
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Op-ed: Mass. has tools to lead in online learning — but doesn’t
By Julie Young
For two years running, Bloomberg's State Innovation…
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Op-ed: Let’s return to educational liberty
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Op-ed: Jules Verne brings children summer adventures
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Op-ed: Marshall Plan brought U.S. to apex of power
By Jamie Gass
June 5, 2017
“The cost of war in human…
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Op-ed: Will district schools embrace charter-like reforms?
This op-ed appeared in CommonWealth magazine.
TOM BIRMINGHAM…