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Great news on Roxbury Prep Charter School

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Here is a great outcome from the passage of the charter school cap lift in January: the Roxbury Prep charter middle school, which is a standout in raising student achievement is announcing that it is going to replicate! from the announcement passed on by Dana Lehman and Will Austin, currently co-directors at RP: We plan to serve up to 2,000 children by 2020, playing a significant role in reshaping public education in Boston… As of July 1, Dana will become Uncommon Schools’ Managing Director of the Boston network and begin the process of charter applications and planning for the opening the first new Roxbury Prep campus in 2011-2012… Roxbury Prep is formally partnering with Uncommon Schools, Inc. Uncommon Schools, Inc. […]

Ths is getting ugly.

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Today’s Globe story regarding Insurance companies’ unwillingness to participate in the Connector’s new program “Business Express” is interesting but incomplete. The reporters should pay attention to bloggers’ comments about why the program may not be working and about how this option doesn’t really offer more affordable options for businesses. I do not know why the Connector and the Globe keep touting lower premiums. The Connector failed in its mission to serve small businesses by not offering a defined contribution model. Are they really going to sue the insurers for not offering this product through the Connector? That sounds desperate to me. I’m keeping my fingers crossed that the feds don’t follow suit when they promulgate regulations for state-level exchanges.

Answering the Question No One is Asking

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Hot off the presses, the Needham Times brings us this vital piece of gubernatorial race insight: “If these two gentlemen were running a summer camp for girls I would want send my daughter to go to the one being run by Deval Patrick,” Khoury said.

Well, so much for objective analysis : MA DESE and RttT one more time

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The Secretary and Commissioner of Education have repeatedly said that they would not adopt national standards if they were weaker than Massachusetts state academic standards. I long ago stopped believing, even as friends in the media and elected officials told me otherwise. Even as recently as May 20th, Secretary Reville noted to GateHouseNews Service: “There’s no plan whatsoever with how we’re going to proceed on this,” said Reville. “There’s simply an opportunity for us to play a national leadership role.” He said the state had “absolutely no plan to replace MCAS.” On June 2nd, Commissioner Chester put out a press release on the Department’s website declaring: Our curriculum experts have worked closely with the developers of the Common Core Standards […]

Pioneer = conservative, liberal or libertarian?

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As you probably know, Boston.com has kindly invited me to blog on their website regarding how to move our state and country forward on education. It’s called Rock the Schoolhouse, and I’m pleased to have the opportunity. As you might expect, several commenters ask about Pioneer, and often they ask if this is a conservative, a liberal, libertarian organization or some fudge among the three. Such was the query today from “Abrahamson”. I had posted a blog noting that elected officials who don’t support school choice are often the products of school choice or private schools. Abrahamson queried me on two points: (1) The conservatives always preach that the government is not supposed to guarantee equality, that those who work […]