From the Sunday edition of the Boston Globe. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS — and billions of taxpayers dollars — after the passage of a landmark education reform act, Massachusetts public schools have made enormous progress. But not all have shared equally in that progress. It’s now time for Ed Reform II. The state needs a plan that provides not just additional money…
The City Council Resolution New Bedford REALLY Needs
MCAS data is out and EduMom is pouring over all of it to bring you the highlights. We’re going to start in New Bedford. Apparently we made the New Bedford Educators Association BIG MAD with our recent analysis of the political stupidity happening in the Whaling City over the expansion of Alma del Mar Public Charter School. EduMom was up…
No Excellence Without Equity: Addressing the Massachusetts Achievement Gap Crisis
It was a cloudy and chilly day on Monday — the kind of day that reminds you fall is coming quickly and there’s no escaping talk of leaves changing color, pumpkin everything and what Tommy and the Pats are doing. But along with the change of seasons, Massachusetts Parents United is proud to be a part of a new season…
New Bedford’s Education MESS: We Didn’t Choose This Fight, BUT WE ARE HERE FOR IT.
The New Bedford Public Schools is the 4th most underperforming district in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. As of FY18, only three other public school districts in MA had lower academic performance than NBPS. Two of those districts are currently under state receivership for poor academic performance. I’m not saying this to hurt your feelings, New Bedford. But it’s time we…
MPU Parent Voices: Back to School
By Rodolfo Aguilar Kids and families are settling back into their routines as summer winds down and we start the new school year. While some parents are super excited for their kids as they attend the school of their choice, other parents might be nervous, frustrated and or even angry. My niece was attending 6th grade at Haley School in…
A Front Row Seat to History
This has been an emotional week in our house. Election Day is always a big event for us. As an at-large member of the Democratic State Committee, politics and civic engagement is a way of life for us and these boys have had a front row seat to campaigns from the very beginning. Literally. (Me and Miles with Governor Patrick,…
We Can’t Get a Bus to Pick You Up, But We Can Build a Playground at the Bus Stop
So it’s been wall to wall coverage about how the Boston Public Schools transportation system is a mess. No contract with the bus drivers, not enough drivers to cover routes, changes in the algorithm for routes and no testing of the new routes (because why the hell would we do that during the summer time?) and general chaos abounded last…
New Bedford: Do the math. If you can … ?
Last week we discussed the new Dearborn STEM Academy — a new $73 million dollar facility that is Boston Public Schools new best hope for turning around the chronically underperforming school before the state is forced to take it over for consistently failing kids. But the Dearborn is no anomaly. Let’s take a trip down to the SouthCoast — where…
Parents in Boston Need a Lyft. EduMom is Here to Help
Another school year is set to begin and transportation chaos is already underway. Every year we hope it will be different. The problem is, we do exactly nothing that makes it different. We know it’s a problem. It will be better. We’ll figure it out this time. But every year, it’s the same old thing. Over and over and over…
MPU Voices: Marching for Their Lives
By Jennifer Rego This weekend, I joined the students from March for Our Lives/50 Miles More in marching to the Smith & Wesson headquarters in Springfield. The march included hundreds of young activists, fighting to create a safer country for all of us, fighting to pass sensible gun laws in our state and in our nation so that we don’t…