Elementary and Secondary Education

School committee OKs novel New Bedford charter deal

School committee OKs novel New Bedford charter deal

Even its supporters say they don’t like the arrangement

By Bruce Mohl Elementary and Secondary Education, Gateway Cities 0 Comments Mar 21, 2019

THE NEW BEDFORD SCHOOL COMMITTEE voted 5-2 on Thursday night in favor of a precedent-setting expansion deal with a local charter school operator, but even the five supporters insisted they didn’t like the arrangement and were voting for it only because state officials were figuratively holding a gun to their head. The school committee vote(...)

MTA raises legal concerns about New Bedford charter deal

Says city cannot simply give a school to Alma del Mar for free

education reform schools

A third way on the school funding/accountability debate

The answer isn’t more state rules but greater local oversight

Lesson from LA: Less standardized testing

Unfortunately, Mass. policymakers continue to go all-in for exams

We must continue to invest in braille

Only 1 in 5 visually impaired school children read using the code

Boston officials should stop slandering their own schools

Test scores do not define the quality of a school

education reform schools

Ed funding problem most acute in low-income communities

Revised formula could greatly benefit Gateway Cities

UMass Boston severs ties with Confucius Institute

Newman vague on reason, plans to pursue link with Chinese university

Colman M. Herman

Superintendents spotlight ed funding formula flaws

Say they can’t keep cutting to offset rising, uncovered costs

Superintendents spotlight ed funding formula flaws

CommonWealth Staff

Listen to New Bedford families, not special interests

Charter schools offer proven, quality alternative

New Bedford charter expansion ‘mind-boggling’

Alma del Mar is trying to bypass the will of voters

Ignore the charter school think-tank crowd

We don’t need and can't afford charter school expansion in New Bedford

New civics education law misses the mark

Thinking ‘civically’ can’t really be legislated

As a teacher, I think it’s time to rethink education accountability

Schools alone can’t get the job done

Takeru Nagayoshi

Chang exits with $267,383-plus

Leaves 2 years early, gets 1 year’s salary

Colman M. Herman

Parent provocateur

Mom-in-chief Keri Rodrigues rallies parents on education issues, but her past work on charters dogs her

It’s time for another McDuffy case

State needs to address inequality in education

Don’t let charters take over in Puerto Rico

It’s New Orleans all over again – and that’s not good

Tracing Latino educational inequality

In Massachusetts, Latino college graduation gap among widest in US

Don’t bemoan harder, next-gen MCAS

It’s not about test scores, but better preparing students

Tufts officials explain their civics research

Dispute Milford principal’s interpretation of their work

Kei Kawashima-Ginsberg

In defense of recess

Legislature should mandate 20 minutes of play each day

Marjorie Decker

Pool teachers not unwanted, just underutilized

Any suggestion we don’t teach is blatantly false

Garret Virchick

Testing isn’t punishment, it’s a matter of social justice

Moratorium on high-stakes assessments would set back minority and low-income students

School start times zero sum game

CommonWealth Staff

We cannot test and punish our way to better schools

Time to pause on high-stakes exams and take different approach

Editor’s note: Tang vs. Kerr

How much editorial license should opinion writers be given?

Eminent domain dust-ups

CommonWealth Staff

The great equalizer?

CommonWealth Staff

Where have all the children gone?

Students are disappearing in western and central Mass.

Lawrence S. DiCara