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Poll Finds Charter Schools Widely and Broadly Popular in Massachusetts
/in Charter Schools, Charter Schools, Featured, News, Press Releases: Charter Schools /by Editorial StaffMore than six years after the failure of a statewide ballot initiative that would have increased the number of charter public schools in Massachusetts, a poll shows that 62 percent either strongly or somewhat favor them, with only 16 percent opposed.
Duker Cultivates Nourishing Solutions
/in Featured, JobMakers, News /by Editorial StaffDenzil interviews Chening Duker, founder of GoodPluck, a farm-to-table delivery service that is transforming the lives of Michiganders and is enriched by Duker’s personal heritage and global perspective on organic agriculture.
PioneerLegal Gains Access to MBTA Pension Arbitration Award After Seven-Month Process
/in Featured, News /by Editorial StaffAfter a more than seven-month struggle, PioneerLegal—now known as Pioneer Public Interest Law Center—has gained access to an important August 2022 arbitrator’s decision about a dispute between the MBTA and its largest union, the Carmen, over the severely underfunded MBTA Retirement Fund (MBTARF).
Columbia’s Pulitzer Winner Prof. Eric Foner on Lincoln, Slavery, & Reconstruction
/in Civil Rights Education, Featured, Podcast /by Editorial StaffThis week on The Learning Curve, guest cohosts Charlie Chieppo and Alisha Searcy speak with Dr. Eric Foner, Professor Emeritus of History at Columbia University and Pulitzer Prize-winning author on Lincoln, the Civil War, and Reconstruction.
Teachers union wants ed reform money — but not accountability
/in Oped: Education, Opeds /by Jamie Gass and Charles ChieppoMTA campaign against graduation test takes their stand to ‘farcical extremes’ Originally appeared in CommonWealth magazine on April 25, 2023 The Massachusetts Teachers Asasociation is calling on its members to be “conscientious objectors” by refusing to administer MCAS and not let their own children take the dreaded tests. Such farcical extremes ensue when a special interest group has had too much power for too long. Massachusetts’ landmark 1993 Education Reform Act transformed K-12 public education by providing substantial funding increases in return for accountability, high standards, and expanded school choice. SAT scores rose for 13 consecutive years. In 2005, the Bay State became the first state to lead all four categories tested on National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). By 2007, […]