Whos of Who-cester

 Yesterday, two Minnesota school districts (Twin Cities suburbs) and Education Minnesota , the teachers' union, filed suit against the ...

  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!...

 What happened at last night's Worcester School Committee meeting ( agenda ; video )? Here are the highlights: First, the headline news:...

...the National Labor Relations Board has just decided "no" : In its recent decisions, both issued Aug. 24, the National Labor R...

The Worcester School Committee meets Thursday, April 7. You can find the agenda here. The report of the superintendent (and the big thing o...

And speaking of light agenda... The Worcester School Committee meets Thursday. The agenda is here . There are a number of recognitions, in...

posting from the Board of Ed hearing on receivership for the Southbridge Public Schools. We're in what was their high school auditorium ...

The New York Times ran a story earlier this week about opting out of standardized testing, widely blaming/crediting ( depends on your pers...

... interviewed by Salon . Sounds like she's telling it as she sees it. Now, this could be fun! 

And tonight (first thing!), the Worcester School Committee voted unanimously in favor of a (ratified) contract with our custodians. First ...

The Worcester School Committee has its regular meeting tonight at 7 pm at City Hall. You can find the agenda here . The first agenda is just...

...or lack thereof . I'd missed until today this letter from Rhode Island Education Commissioner Deborah Gist to state school district...

The Chicago Teachers Union has filed suit against the Chicago Board of Education, citing race discrimination. From the Teacher Beat : The ...

I'm heading over later this morning to the Educators for a Democratic Union conference at Quinsigamond Community College. If you're...

Today in honor of Labor Day, here's Samuel Gompers on public education : In order to be consistent with democratic ideals, public scho...

I was, I have to say, enjoying taking a break from having to post about the Stand for Children ballot measure. To be fair, it did make th...

Remember Nancy Bloom from Boston Renaissance Charter School ? She's written another excellent post , this one on "firing day"...

Glen Ford with a report on who's cheating who in the high-stakes testing scandals.

...pending meeting of admin and EAW. Decision announced September 1.

Agenda is here Boone: positions restored and textbook spending