Whos of Who-cester

 I'd like to be able to give you some sort of meaningful summary of last night's Board of Ed meeting on the DESE strategic plan ( li...

 The agenda (which doesn't tell us much) is here .  The livestream is here. Martinez: setting new benchmarks for proficiency, lower to ...

  you know, I'm going to run out over variations of the title of this post. 

 Martinez: start from an asset-based perspective there's a memo here but it doesn't have a lot

 ...and now rather than talking about what people think it might say, it can be read. You can find the whole thing here . (I haven't rea...

Martinez: not going to share detailed numbers, as Governor releases budget tomorrow will give a detailed memo shortly after the Governor...

 the backup memo is here : I'm going to stick the whole text below for easy reference and oh dear it is Matt Hills again, whom we cannot...

In their past two meetings, the Board of Ed has established priorities; in November, for the FY27 budget request, and in December, for the C...

 The backup is here Have met 2700 stakeholders and attended over 50 events this marks six months on the job

The Board of Ed meets today at 9 AM. Their agenda can be found online here . 

Martinez: has not yet opened but has made progress on these conditions ask to approve conditions  for opening Fall of 2026; extension of dat...

Martinez: results are mixed no student group across the Commonwealth that is above pre-pandemic levels "we always meet children where t...

 The Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education meets today for its regular September meeting. This is the first meeting with...

And you can find the agenda for tomorrow's regular meeting of the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education here .  The big thing on ...

The (new) Commissioner of Education sent out an update on federal grants to districts today , which I am quoting here in full (followed by t...

Happy fiscal new year! FY26 officially begins today for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, for Mass school districts, and for our towns and ...

 On this brutally hot day in Massachusetts, the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education is having their June meeting. You can find thei...

  Look, you make baseball jokes; I make Pope jokes. Also, if I messed up the accusative there, please let me know. It's been awhile. At ...

 ...because even if you watch them all the time, you can be surprised . So, a Commissioner who acknowledges the role of school boards and ca...

 A single agenda item today: Selection of Commissioner for Recommendation to Secretary — Discussion and Vote It's (now) a fully remote m...