Showing posts with label constitution. Show all posts
Showing posts with label constitution. Show all posts
Wednesday, April 1, 2026

And then a discussion about school committee authority broke out

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 Something happened at last Tuesday's Board of Ed which doesn't happen at 99.9% of Massachusetts Board of Education meetings 1 : som...
Tuesday, October 21, 2025

As ye sow, so shall ye reap

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 Yes, I post this, as always, in my personal and exasperated capacity.
Thursday, September 18, 2025

On 'shared values'

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 In the aftermath of the murder of Charlie Kirk last week--and no, you won't be getting a hot take from me on that--I've seen freque...
Saturday, January 18, 2025

I would call this blog post "in which the Globe gets it wrong again," but once you've used that as a title once, you've used it.

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Anyway, the Boston Globe  (specifically Mandy McLaren, who tends to decide what the answers are before writing articles, as evidenced by, fo...
Monday, October 21, 2024

Why I'm voting no on question 2 regarding the competency determination

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  DISCLAIMER: I WRITE THE FOLLOWING AS ME, SPEAKING ONLY FOR ME. I DO NOT HERE (EVER) SPEAK FOR MY EMPLOYER, FOR ANY ORGANIZATION FOR WHICH ...
Monday, May 27, 2024

Another reason to testify/call/email Worcester City Council this week

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In addition to noting for the Council that they aren't traffic engineers and should listen to those who are on Mill Street (a bit outsi...

Those also serve who drive the bus*

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Among the cemeteries my family visits each Memorial Day is one which holds the following gravestone: A granite rectangular gravestone with a...
Saturday, November 26, 2022

Let's talk about this charter school application for Worcester

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The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education this year is considering a single application for a new charter school, and it's in...
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Monday, January 17, 2022

"We pauperize education": a letter to my delegation

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“The richest nation on Earth has never allocated enough resources to build sufficient schools, to compensate adequately its teachers, and to...
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Wednesday, November 27, 2019

For the preservation of their rights and liberties

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Governor Baker signing the Student Opportunity Act I was there. He really signed it. We no longer have a 26 year old education fundin...
Thursday, July 5, 2018

Michigan case and "access to literacy"

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I've seen a lot of displeased reactions to the dismissal in federal court of the case in Michigan , finding that students do not have a...
Thursday, May 10, 2018

Senate debates "An Act Modernizing the Foundation Budget for the 21st Century"

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You can find the bill (and amendments) here . This is totally not going to start for awhile.  2pm: Senate is now in session. I'm goin...
Friday, February 10, 2017

To petition the Government for a redress of grievances

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I posted this earlier on Twitter in response to the video of Secretary DeVos being blocked from entering an elementary school this morning. ...
Tuesday, October 4, 2016

Doe v Peyser (cap lift lawsuit) DISMISSED

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You may or may not remember in all of the attention being paid to the ballot campaign, but there has also been a lawsuit pending around lift...
Tuesday, September 27, 2016

Here's the reason I'm voting No on 2

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It honestly wasn't until the poll tonight asked me for my "main reason" for my position on this question that I tried to push...