ON SATURDAY, Brockton school superintendent Michael Thomas warned parents that although schools were planning to reopen Monday, he could not guarantee it. “Unfortunately, like most districts across the state right now we need to prepare for the possibility that some schools may need to temporarily close due to under-staffing,” Thomas wrote in an email, which […]
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Finger-pointing abounds in school reopening debate
GOV. CHARLIE BAKER is increasingly finding himself the target of frustration from a variety of school officials, who are themselves weighing difficult reopening decisions amid the COVID-19 surge. The Massachusetts Association of School Superintendents and the Massachusetts Association of School Committees lashed out at Baker – and the state’s teachers unions – in a […]
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Ed funding debate takes Pioneer detour
THE DEBATE OVER increased state funding for education took a detour last week as the Pioneer Institute and its critics tangled over a reform proposal designed to give the state more leverage at the local school level. It started on March 10, when Charles Chieppo and Jamie Gass of the Pioneer Institute proposed in a […]
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Ed funding debate takes Pioneer detour
The debate over increased state funding for education took a detour last week as the Pioneer Institute and its critics tangled over a reform proposal designed to give the state more leverage at the local school level. It started on March 10, when Charles Chieppo and Jamie Gass of the Pioneer Institute proposed in a […]