A tip of the pen to the newly created Metrowest Regional Transportation Agency.
Have you ever waited endlessly at a bus stop for a bus that never came?
They’ve used their GPS capability to provide a real-time map of all their buses, which is viewable by rout. Would that larger transit system would utilize technology in the same way.
This question is listed on the website for Gloucester’s Conservation Commission under “Frequently Asked Questions.” The Commission’s response is that all wetlands, including small seasonal wetlands, help clean stormwater, serve as drainage areas and provide habitat for many species.
Download Report: Shades of Green
Some people have noted that Pioneer is overstating the risk to education gains posed by the Governor’s proposal to “pack the board.” Some even take exception with the term “pack” which clearly refers to FDR’s notorious attempt to jam through legislation that could not pass muster at the Supreme Court.
Well, none other than Governor Patrick’s pick to be Chairman of the Board of Education has opined against the major elements of the Governor’s plan:
“So, Horace Mann and generations of subsequent leaders in the State House saw fit, for well over a century, to insulate educational policy from the ebb and flow of politics. This as accomplished by putting some distance between the chief policy making entity, the Board of Education, its executive, the Commissioner of Education, and the Executive and Legislative branches. They deliberately did not totally insulate education from the popular will as they recognized that schools should reflect the popular conception of the role of education in society…”
“Staggered terms also guaranteed that the Board could not be “packed”, because there would never be wholesale turnover of the entire Board.”
Who said that? S. Paul Reville in testimony before the General Court (that’s what we are supposed to call the Legislature). But it was Reville circa 2003, in the Age of the Mittster, not Chairman Reville A.P. (After Patrick). Check it out here.
Perhaps, in taking testimony, the General Court should trot out a Bible and ask for an oath, or at least ask folks to check their party affiliations at the door when they testify.
“She’s a good girl. She helps me a lot. She has big, big dreams. I don’t have the money, but she has big dreams. I hope she’s going to get everything, but she works so hard. She works so hard in school.”
“Our family is needing to make some really big sacrifices because we believe this is important, and so, we’re basically going to do whatever it takes… Sometimes we look at each other and go ‘I don’t know if I can do it again another month…’”
“A lot of the families have to sacrifice and work multiple jobs… And just scraping together enough money to just make tuition, just the basics.”
“It is discriminatory, that parents who want to choose an alternative to public school for their children, would not in any way receive any compensation for that, whether it be tax credit, whether it be a voucher…”
In the 1840s, nativist movement leaders formed official political parties and local chapters of the national Native American Party (later the American Party), although they continued to be commonly known as the Know-Nothing Party. Politicians sought to insert provisions into state constitutions against Catholics who refused to renounce the pope. The Know-Nothing movement brought bigotry and hatred to a new level of violence and organization.
The party’s legacy endured in the post-Civil War era, with laws and constitutional amendments it supported, still today severely limiting parents’ educational choices. A federal constitutional amendment was proposed by Speaker of the House James Blaine prohibiting money raised by taxation in any State to be under the control of any religious sect; nor shall any money so raised or lands so devoted be divided between religious sects or denominations. These were then named the Blaine Amendments of 1875.
in recent decades, often in response to challenges to school choice programs, the U.S. Supreme Court has demonstrated great interest in examining the issues of educational alternatives and attempts limit parental options. Massachusetts plays a key role in this debate. The Bay State was a key center of the Know-Nothing movement and has the oldest version of Anti-Aid Amendments in the nation, as well as a second such amendment approved in 1917. Two-fifths of Massachusetts residents are Catholic, and its Catholic schools outperform the state’s public schools, which are the best in the nation.
A tip of the pen to the newly created Metrowest Regional Transportation Agency.
Have you ever waited endlessly at a bus stop for a bus that never came?
They’ve used their GPS capability to provide a real-time map of all their buses, which is viewable by rout. Would that larger transit system would utilize technology in the same way.
This question is listed on the website for Gloucester’s Conservation Commission under “Frequently Asked Questions.” The Commission’s response is that all wetlands, including small seasonal wetlands, help clean stormwater, serve as drainage areas and provide habitat for many species.
Download Report: Shades of Green
Some people have noted that Pioneer is overstating the risk to education gains posed by the Governor’s proposal to “pack the board.” Some even take exception with the term “pack” which clearly refers to FDR’s notorious attempt to jam through legislation that could not pass muster at the Supreme Court.
Well, none other than Governor Patrick’s pick to be Chairman of the Board of Education has opined against the major elements of the Governor’s plan:
“So, Horace Mann and generations of subsequent leaders in the State House saw fit, for well over a century, to insulate educational policy from the ebb and flow of politics. This as accomplished by putting some distance between the chief policy making entity, the Board of Education, its executive, the Commissioner of Education, and the Executive and Legislative branches. They deliberately did not totally insulate education from the popular will as they recognized that schools should reflect the popular conception of the role of education in society…”
“Staggered terms also guaranteed that the Board could not be “packed”, because there would never be wholesale turnover of the entire Board.”
Who said that? S. Paul Reville in testimony before the General Court (that’s what we are supposed to call the Legislature). But it was Reville circa 2003, in the Age of the Mittster, not Chairman Reville A.P. (After Patrick). Check it out here.
Perhaps, in taking testimony, the General Court should trot out a Bible and ask for an oath, or at least ask folks to check their party affiliations at the door when they testify.
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/0 Comments/in Better Government, Blog, Blog: Better Government /byA tip of the pen to the newly created Metrowest Regional Transportation Agency.
Have you ever waited endlessly at a bus stop for a bus that never came?
They’ve used their GPS capability to provide a real-time map of all their buses, which is viewable by rout. Would that larger transit system would utilize technology in the same way.
Shades of Green
/0 Comments/in Better Government, Municipal Management, Regulations and Permitting /by Amy DainThis question is listed on the website for Gloucester’s Conservation Commission under “Frequently Asked Questions.” The Commission’s response is that all wetlands, including small seasonal wetlands, help clean stormwater, serve as drainage areas and provide habitat for many species.
Download Report: Shades of Green
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/0 Comments/in Blog, News, Related Education Blogs /bySome people have noted that Pioneer is overstating the risk to education gains posed by the Governor’s proposal to “pack the board.” Some even take exception with the term “pack” which clearly refers to FDR’s notorious attempt to jam through legislation that could not pass muster at the Supreme Court.
Well, none other than Governor Patrick’s pick to be Chairman of the Board of Education has opined against the major elements of the Governor’s plan:
Who said that? S. Paul Reville in testimony before the General Court (that’s what we are supposed to call the Legislature). But it was Reville circa 2003, in the Age of the Mittster, not Chairman Reville A.P. (After Patrick). Check it out here.
Perhaps, in taking testimony, the General Court should trot out a Bible and ask for an oath, or at least ask folks to check their party affiliations at the door when they testify.