Whos of Who-cester

Governor Patrick appointed a final new Board of Ed member before leaving office: Edward J. Doherty, who is appointed to the labor seat. Dohe...

Sorry for posting a bit late on this: I've been on the road today. Governor Patrick has appointed three new members to the Board of Ed...

Governor Patrick announcing a $75,000 innovation planning grant for Claremont Academy this morning:

( h/t Julie; thanks! ) Governor Patrick filed a supplemental spending bill on Thursday that includes full funding for charter reimbursemen...

You may have seen that Governor Patrick was in Worcester yesterday to announce another round of innovation school grants. You can find Gover...

While we don't yet have a full FY15 budget projection presentation ( which I suspect may have something to do with this ), there's ...

I will freely admit: of all of the various reactions possible for City Manager Augustus to have to the publication of Governor Patrick's...

Good post over at The Indignant Teacher on the "Dam of Lies" around the Common Core and Race to the Top here in Massachusetts: ...

I'll do a full rundown on the state budget once the Governor signs it, but if you're interested in what the Legislature agreed on, ...

O'Brien : do we think the Senate will do more for education than the House? Allen: did not appear that either side will support Governo...

As you saw on Thursday , right now we're awaiting the House budget, due out on Wednesday. That is the budget off of which the Worcester ...

I stayed until the end, because it's good to know how these things work! The MSBA board was assured at the meeting that Governor Patr...

Members of the Worcester School Committee met with members of our Legislative delegation this morning to talk about FY14, Governor Patrick...

The Mass Budget and Policy Center has posted their first look at the Governor's budget. Regarding education: Chapter 70 is increasing...

As you heard last night: The Chapter 70 state aid and required local contribution calculations for each municipality and district will b...

Yesterday, Governor Patrick proposed increased education funding in particular areas. The focus is on early (very early: birth to age 5) ch...

According to reports leaked tonight ahead of tomorrow's official announcements, Secretary Reville will be among those stepping down for ...

This evening, the Worcester School Committee received the following email from Mr. Allen: Today, as you have probably heard, Governor Pat...

... are here . And in full after the jump.

Governor Patrick has announced today that he is asking the Legislature for a cut of $9 million from unrestricted local aid to cities and to...