Whos of Who-cester

update on STEM "trying to extend that STEM Week feeling!" Erin Hashimoto-Martell, Associate Commissioner

 Things I've had open to share:  I linked to this in yesterday's post, but do read the New York Times  coverage that, yes, ICE raid...

  Duty called elsewhere on Tuesday, and thus, you get this much later The agenda is here ; the livestream is here .

Riley: I've seen a lot of variation in what curriculum are being used and some aren't aligned with state standards CURATE assesses ...

Vote here is on setting of descriptors of 10th grade ELA and math MCAS plan, as with other grades, is to tie scores statistically to like s...

History and social studies ELA and math  implementation also coming: arts and health Wulfson: update on review of history and social sci...

back up is here Chester: don't want to run right past this moment in time Massachusetts history of setting strong standards, "env...

No, that wasn't sarcastic at all! There are a significant number of things out for public comment right now, and, thinking some of you...

As I posted last week, the Board of Education voted to send proposed changes to the state ELA and mathematics standards out for public comme...

Can we all say this together? "We are proud of the work of our students and teachers but there is still work to be done!" (really...

You can find the agenda here . It looks as though there is not a Monday evening meeting. After the comments from the Chair, Secretary, and...

a bit behind on getting the preview up this week: apologies! The Board of Elementary and Secondary Education meets in Malden this week on Mo...

backup here Chester: hoping by end of 2016 we'll have a redrafted set of frameworks that we'll send out for public comment

the backup is here per the backup: SEZP is: a groundbreaking voluntary partnership of Springfield Public Schools (SPS), the Department of...

I'm posting this morning from the Rennie Center's "Condition of Education in Commonwealth"   at which it seems they're...

update: press release distributed is here . DESE is working on uploading the PowerPoint shown this afternoon. Chester: "not everyon...

Because the Board of Ed meets tonight and tomorrow and PARCC is on the agenda , the Globe editorial board apparently felt that it couldn...

agenda is here

You can find the backup here.   Posting as we go Boone: third largest district in Massachusetts, takes a lot to get ready for back to schoo...

Meetings up next week: The Board of Ed has their June meeting at 8:30 on Tuesday morning in Malden. The agenda is here : the big item on...