Todd Gazda

Superintendent, Ludlow Public Schools

Stories by Todd Gazda

Finding middle ground in the debate over recess

Let’s recognize the value of unstructured play time

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Time to rethink education assessments and standards

21st century thinking requires different approach to curriculum, testing

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Schools need to focus more on relevance than rigor

Ed reform has gone stale and needs a reboot

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First lesson this school year must be civility

As educators, we must teach respect for all

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education reform schools

Policy overload on fixing schools

Education reform faces big disconnect between designers and doers

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Pupils raising hand during geography lesson in classroom at the elementary school

School funding fix needed

State failing its constitutional obligation to public education

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Education must adapt to 21st century

Teacher training and instruction need to change with times

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Pupils raising hand during geography lesson in classroom at the elementary school

Time for school accountability reset

With so much change in state tests, a fresh start is needed in 2017

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Pupils raising hand during geography lesson in classroom at the elementary school

Charter narrative gets story wrong

Inadequate resources the real problem at so-called "failing" district schools

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Time to put standardized tests to the test

True picture of school and district performance requires more than state assessments

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Stop the attack on teachers and schools

It's education "reform" policies, not educators, that are failing our children

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Educating the whole child

Schools need the resources to tackle effects of poverty

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Replacing No Child Left Behind an inadequate step in right direction

We have a long way to go to rid schools of the toxic testing culture

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More charter schools are not the answer

Raising the charter cap would hurt public education in Massachusetts

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