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2017 races

SHAME TIME: IT’S TIME TO MAKE NONVOTERS FEEL EXTREMELY UNCOMFORTABLE

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted September 20, 2017 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Dear Reader

They poison our Facebook and Twitter feeds, struggling to channel their emotions and be heard. But while they’re willing to piss into the bottomless rhetorical ocean that is social media, they’re not willing to pull the singular lever that has measurable impact. Imagine the nerve.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Dear Reader Tagged With: #mapoli, 2017 races, Allston-Brighton, Beacon Hill, Boston politics, Brawl for City Hall, Cambridge, City Council, City Hall, corruption, coverage, D9, District 9, east boston, education, indictments Mark Ciommo, Joe Curtatone, Massachusetts politics, mayor Marty Walsh, Mayor tom Menino, Politics, schools, SOMERVILLE, South Boston, State House, strong mayor, Tito Jackson, weak mayor

WE INTERVIEWED MORE THAN 25 BOSTON CITY COUNCIL CANDIDATES ABOUT SCHOOLS

Written by DIG STAFF Posted September 19, 2017 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

We really did sit down with 27 candidates for Boston City Council—from at-large contenders to those trying for district seats—to ask about Boston Public Schools.

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: #mapoli, 2017 races, Ayanna Pressley, Beacon Hill, Boston, Boston politics, Boston Public Schools, BPS, Brawl for City Hall, Cambridge, City Council, City Hall, corruption, coverage, D7, District 7, Domingos DaRosa, east boston, education, indictments, Joe Curtatone, Lydia Edwards, Margaret Farmer, Massachusetts politics, mayor Marty Walsh, Mayor tom Menino, Pat Payaso, Politics, Roxbury, Rufus Faulk, schools, SOMERVILLE, South Boston, State House, strong mayor, TenPoint Coalition, Tito Jackson, weak mayor

ELECTION SPECIAL: THE SWEET SMELL OF INCUMBENCY

Written by ZACK HUFFMAN Posted September 19, 2017 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction

In Boston politics, nothing helps more than already being in office

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction Tagged With: #mapoli, 2017 races, Beacon Hill, Bob Cappucci, Boston politics, Brawl for City Hall, Cambridge, City Council, City Hall, corruption, coverage, east boston, education, indictments, Joe Curtatone, Joseph Wiley, Massachusetts politics, mayor Marty Walsh, Mayor tom Menino, Politics, schools, SOMERVILLE, South Boston, State House, strong mayor, Tito Jackson, weak mayor

ALL EYES ON DISTRICT 9

Written by PATRICK COCHRAN Posted September 19, 2017 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction

For the first time in a decade, there’s a City Council race in Allston-Brighton worth paying attention to

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction Tagged With: #mapoli, 2017 races, alex golonka, Allston-Brighton, Beacon Hill, Boston politics, brandon bowser, Brawl for City Hall, Cambridge, City Council, City Hall, corruption, coverage, east boston, education, indictments, Joe Curtatone, Mark Ciommo, Massachusetts politics, mayor Marty Walsh, Mayor tom Menino, Politics, schools, SOMERVILLE, South Boston, State House, strong mayor, Tito Jackson, weak mayor

TWO QS ON SCHOOLS: DOMINGOS DAROSA: (BOSTON CITY COUNCIL CANDIDATE, AT-LARGE)

Written by DIG STAFF Posted August 7, 2017 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

"These things aren’t happening. Why? Because one department won’t work with the next department."

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: #mapoli, 2017 races, BCYF, Beacon Hill, Boston politics, Brawl for City Hall, Cambridge, City Council, City Hall, corruption, coverage, Domingos DaRosa, east boston, education, Hyde Park, indictments, Joe Curtatone, Massachusetts politics, mayor Marty Walsh, Mayor tom Menino, Politics, schools, SOMERVILLE, South Boston, State House, strong mayor, Tito Jackson, weak mayor

TWO QS ON SCHOOLS: MARK CIOMMO (BOSTON CITY COUNCILOR + CANDIDATE, D9)

Written by DIG STAFF Posted August 7, 2017 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

"One of the best things we have done as a school system in recent years is go to what we call a weighted student formula, which gives weight to young people who have vulnerable circumstances in their life, whether it’s poverty, whether it’s disability, it could be autism."

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: #mapoli, 2017 races, Allston-Brighton, Beacon Hill, Boston politics, Brawl for City Hall, Cambridge, City Council, City Hall, corruption, coverage, D9, District 9, east boston, education, indictments Mark Ciommo, Joe Curtatone, Massachusetts politics, mayor Marty Walsh, Mayor tom Menino, Politics, schools, SOMERVILLE, South Boston, State House, strong mayor, Tito Jackson, weak mayor

TWO QS ON SCHOOLS: ERICA TRITTA (BOSTON CITY COUNCIL CANDIDATE, D2)

Written by DIG STAFF Posted August 7, 2017 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

"It’s difficult to know how much the schools need, but I’d like to say as much as possible. Children need to be able to access education."

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: #mapoli, 2017 races, Beacon Hill, Boston politics, Brawl for City Hall, Cambridge, City Council, City Hall, corruption, coverage, east boston, education, Erica Tritta, indictments, Joe Curtatone, Massachusetts politics, mayor Marty Walsh, Mayor tom Menino, Politics, schools, SOMERVILLE, South Boston, State House, strong mayor, Tito Jackson, weak mayor

TWO QS ON SCHOOLS: RUFUS FAULK (BOSTON CITY COUNCIL CANDIDATE, D7)

Written by DIG STAFF Posted August 7, 2017 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

"We’re leaving the education of our children to BPS when it should be a citywide initiative."

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: #mapoli, 2017 races, Beacon Hill, Boston politics, Brawl for City Hall, Cambridge, City Council, City Hall, corruption, coverage, D7, District 7, east boston, education, indictments, Joe Curtatone, Massachusetts politics, mayor Marty Walsh, Mayor tom Menino, Politics, Roxbury, Rufus Faulk, schools, SOMERVILLE, South Boston, State House, strong mayor, TenPoint Coalition, Tito Jackson, weak mayor

TWO QS ON SCHOOLS: LYDIA EDWARDS (BOSTON CITY COUNCIL CANDIDATE, D1)

Written by DIG STAFF Posted August 2, 2017 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

"I don’t know that there’s a grading system you can give because the schools vary so much, and my concern about standardized assessment of all the schools in general is that they don’t account for all of the differences the schools have."

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: #mapoli, 2017 races, Beacon Hill, Boston politics, Brawl for City Hall, Cambridge, City Council, City Council District 1, City Hall, corruption, coverage, District 1, east boston, education, indictments, Joe Curtatone, Lydia Edwards, Massachusetts politics, mayor Marty Walsh, Mayor tom Menino, Politics, schools, SOMERVILLE, South Boston, State House, strong mayor, Tito Jackson, weak mayor

TWO QS ON SCHOOLS: JOSEPH WILEY (BOSTON MAYORAL CANDIDATE)

Written by DIG STAFF Posted August 2, 2017 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

"The politicians that I admire the most have entered office with specific goals in mind. There are issues they wanted to confront and attack, and those were their main focus."

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: #mapoli, 2017 races, Beacon Hill, Boston politics, BPS, Brawl for City Hall, Cambridge, City Council, City Hall, corruption, coverage, east boston, education, indictments, Joe Curtatone, Joseph Wiley, Massachusetts politics, mayor Marty Walsh, Mayor tom Menino, Politics, schools, SOMERVILLE, South Boston, State House, strong mayor, Tito Jackson, weak mayor

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