Morning after thoughts

for those not on Twitter...

Post from me later today on #keepthecap hearings, but a few thoughts this morning for #MAEdu (1/x)

— Tracy Novick (@TracyNovick) October 14, 2015

The press is getting better about the "teacher's' union v. " narrative, but still are missing the full range of #keepthecap voices (2/x)

— Tracy Novick (@TracyNovick) October 14, 2015

Particularly true yesterday, unless you stayed til the end and heard #MAEdu Boston parents and students talk #keepthecap (3/x)

— Tracy Novick (@TracyNovick) October 14, 2015

While for-profit charter orgs can't operate schools in #MAEdu, I continue to be concerned about the massive $ poured into raising cap (3/x)

— Tracy Novick (@TracyNovick) October 14, 2015

School buses aren't cheap, nor is breakfast at the Omni Parker House #keepthecap #MaEdu (4/x)

— Tracy Novick (@TracyNovick) October 14, 2015

Also, the fundamental dismissal of local govt by some who came out of local govt (& yesterday including Boston's mayor) is crazy (4/x)

— Tracy Novick (@TracyNovick) October 14, 2015

(that deserves a blog post of it's own at some point)

...either that or a power grab. But it's dissonant from so much else that goes on (or we say goes on) in state/local govt (5/x) #MAEdu

— Tracy Novick (@TracyNovick) October 14, 2015

We spent 8 hours—EIGHT HOURS—yesterday taking about a 1/2% number of schools in the state of Massachusetts #MaEdu #keepthecap

— Tracy Novick (@TracyNovick) October 14, 2015

it wasn't our most needy schools, or the ones that serve the most needy kids, or the ones doing the most innovative things in #MaEdu (7/x)

— Tracy Novick (@TracyNovick) October 14, 2015

It isn't even a set of schools that are being forced by @MASchoolsK12 , MGL aside, to really grapple with those #MAEdu issues (8/x)

— Tracy Novick (@TracyNovick) October 14, 2015

We have a #MAEdu system that is AT LEAST $2 billion underfunded. At least! #keepthecap (9/x)

— Tracy Novick (@TracyNovick) October 14, 2015

And we spent yesterday hearing not about fixing that, but expanding it. (10/x) #MAEdu #keepthecap

— Tracy Novick (@TracyNovick) October 14, 2015

The right response to @MassGovernor on this issue is "This is a joke, right? We keep hearing that you're a good manager." #MaEdu (11/x)

— Tracy Novick (@TracyNovick) October 14, 2015

Likewise any mayor with underfunded public schools who lobbies to expand charters in their district loses all fiscal creditability (12/x)

— Tracy Novick (@TracyNovick) October 14, 2015

For #mapoli who pushed for a cap lift yesterday: you haven't followed thru in accountability or in funding. You're mismanaging #MaEdu (12/x)

— Tracy Novick (@TracyNovick) October 14, 2015

There are clocks ticking in #MAEdu, but this isn't one. It isn't close to the most urgent issue we face, @SenStan. #keepthecap (13/x)

— Tracy Novick (@TracyNovick) October 14, 2015

To argue for a "strong bill" on charters while working for a milquetoast #FBRC report is not to represent real need in #MAEdu (14/x)

— Tracy Novick (@TracyNovick) October 14, 2015

As someone whose @worcesterpublic are owed at least $76M/yr from the state, I'm telling you: my kids deserve better from you #MAEdu (15/15)

— Tracy Novick (@TracyNovick) October 14, 2015