Whos of Who-cester

 Because OB3, Trump's "One Big Beautiful Bill" has a provision for vouchers by state in the language, you knew that others wou...

 ...special mention this week to "roughly 1,400 essays" not receiving the correct scores from AI on MCAS this summer and apparent...

image from CNN  I've had a bunch of "wow, AI is ongoingly awful" pieces to share, but I now must lead with this weekend "...

Former Massachusetts Commissioner Jeff Riley, now part of MIT's "Day of AI" staff , was in New Hampshire last week on this on...

 The T&G   has a lengthy piece on Southbridge today ; Southbridge is the district most recently put into receivership, a vote taken in ...

 A short agenda , but some important stuff:  To comment briefly, from the bottom up: I genuinely do not understand what is going on with the...

With apologies for not having this complete for Friday’s date which made the rewrite work, to the Bard of Avon , and to all those who will ...

 This was what I posted on Facebook: Worcester, for what it's worth, was only calling for the single day left in the week; we'd call...

  For those who might not want six and a half hours worth of liveblogging. Note the video of the hearing is here.  Crossposted from MASC

  Greenfield Community College atrium I was just asked why I sit where I do, and the answer is "next to the outlet when there is one!...

 Riley calls out health standards as most important work, noting recent things that have happened across the country recommends Johnston as ...

 Chair Craven: "just want to take some time to go over the past six years" of Riley hey, this is not when this is on the agenda! A...

Commissioner Riley is ending his tenure with the Department, submitting his resigning effective March 15 of this year: I am writing to let y...

In the days since Tuesday's Board of Ed, I've been reflecting on a few places where the meeting raised some flags with me.

 and the backup is here

 You can find the agenda here.  The Board is meeting at the Department's new location in Everett.  The meeting is opening with introduct...

 ...in this WBUR piece on Secretary Tutwiler coming soon to a television near you: Tutwiler has long argued that absenteeism is often drive...

a white tee shirt says "A lot going on at the moment" (as seen on Taylor Swift) This is actually one I bought as a gift more than ...

 gb 3-257 O’Connell Novick (November 28, 2023)  To submit testimony in opposition to the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education’s ...

 memo on this is here  but I am just going to plunk them all here:  1.      By 2026, the state will return to pre-pandemic levels (or higher...