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DiMasi Rex
/1 Comment/in Better Government, Blog, Economic Opportunity, News /byReady, AIM, fire! Call it what you want–line in the sand, declaration of war, shot across the bow. Can it be that, a few years into his reign as Speaker of the House, DiMasi is morphing into Amicus Consortii, the grown-up in the room, DiMasi Rex ready to brandish the sword of fiscal discipline? To push this overwrought string of descriptors further than it ever ought to have gone, is he the “salvatore” of business? OK, if you read on, I promise to cut that junk out. The Associated Industries of Massachusetts event on Friday showcased House Speaker Salvatore DiMasi, and as the State House News noted he asserted that state government does not need ‘new revenue sources’ and proposed […]
Needless Piling On Department
/0 Comments/in Better Government, Blog, Blog: Better Government, News /byFrom today’s Senate Session, via State House News (sub. required): MOORE STATEMENT ON MISSED ROLL CALLS: The Senate agreed to print in its journal a statement from Sen. Moore explaining how he would have voted on roll calls he missed Sept. 20 while attending a National Conference of State Legislatures event. The statement indicated Moore would have voted to override all of Gov. Patrick’s budget vetoes taken up that day. Given that all the overrides passed by overwhelming margins, was this really necessary?
Tired, cynical – Them is fightin words
/0 Comments/in Blog, News, Related Education Blogs /byAt Tuesday’s hearing on charter schools, the Mass Association of School Superintendents (MASS) trotted out their “tired” and “cynical” attempt to snuff out charters. “Tired”, “cynical”? Well, don’t ask me, read today’s inspired Globe editorial on charter schools, which opens by calling the supes’ bill “shifty” and not “merit[ing] serious consideration.” There is a lot of speaking truth to power, or at least to the MASS Protectors of the Status Quo. EACH YEAR opponents of state-supervised charter schools in Massachusetts perform the same tired dance steps on Beacon Hill in an effort to stamp out these distinctive examples of education reform. It’s a cynical exercise and an insult to the families of roughly 19,000 young people waiting for an opportunity […]
More quotes on charters
/0 Comments/in Blog, News, Related Education Blogs /byThe challenge to the reign of the education establishment is showing all kinds of crevices among Democrats and those positions that had once protected the status quo. From James A. Williams, Superintendent of Buffalo Public Schools: “I’m not afraid of charter schools. I want to learn from them.” And from Arne Duncan, CEO of Chicago Public Schools: “[Creating charter schools] is about a lot more than education. It’s really about a movement for social justice. Our kids desperately need to have the best education possible.” “I’m not an ideological person but I like the competition and choice [charter schools] provide.” Again, thanks to M. Goldstein for forwarding these.
After the charter hearing, more quotes
/0 Comments/in Blog, News, Related Education Blogs /byPaul Vallas, Superintendent of the New Orleans Recovery School District “I have said over and over again that if charters are performing, they should be expanded” “I think charters provide an excellent tool for school districts to expand educational choice. But I like charters that work. The great thing about charters is that if the school is failing, you don’t have to try to reconstitute it. You can just shut it down” Thanks again to Mike Goldstein of the MATCH School for passing these on.