Whos of Who-cester
blogging on education in Worcester, in Massachusetts, and in America
Thursday, February 26, 2026
Three takeaways from this week's Board of Ed meeting
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Three things that stuck with me from this meeting: Both the Commissioner and CFO Bell gave a "yikes*" when it comes to federal g...
On teaching the humanities
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From Iowa : Are we richer if we don’t know who Plato was, or fail to read the poems of the Roman poet Virgil? While we may still listen to...
And in the Yondr v actual students contest
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...the students are going to win every time [gift link] I thought this, from student journalist Joel Nam, was quite relevant (and not only...
Tuesday, February 24, 2026
Board of Ed for February: budget!
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"real challenge" per Martinez at federal level on funding, related to enrollment decline and other things pay attention when thin...
Board of Ed for February: regulation updates proposed
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These are in response to the Protect Education Equity Act as outlined here update regulations consistent with federal law on discipline ...
Board of Ed for February: early literacy
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Kershaw opens (which is interesting, because of course she's early ed!) PRISM grants, Literacy Launch, high dosage tutoring "strug...
Board of Ed for February: opening comments
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The agenda is here. The livestream is here . The meeting is fully remote. tree in my backyard why they are fully remote Today will be (I b...
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