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GRAND SCHEME

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted June 26, 2018 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

workers protesting

 

Mass legislature helps, harms workers in “deal” with labor and business lobbies

 

No sooner did the Supreme Judicial Court shoot down the “millionaires’ tax” referendum question last week than the Mass ...  read more

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Apparent Horizon, bill, budget, Column, corporation, Democracy, economy, education, Fair Share amendment, family and medical leave, Fight For 15, general court, Gov Charlie Baker, graduated, grand bargain, higher education, Jason Pramas, legislature, Massachusetts, millionaire's tax, MTA, news, Politics, public, referendum, rich, SEIU, Speaker Robert DeLeo, Supreme Judicial Court, taxation, transportation, wealthy

CAPITALIST VETO

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted June 19, 2018 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

Money tips the scales of justice image

 

Popular “millionaires’ tax” referendum question blocked by a pro-business SJC

 

The Fair Share Amendment—better known as the “millionaires’ tax”—that would have gone before voters this November as a statewide referendum question  ...  read more

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Apparent Horizon, budget, Column, corporation, Democracy, economy, education, Fair Share amendment, graduated, higher education, Jason Pramas, Massachusetts, millionaire's tax, MTA, news, Politics, public, referendum, rich, SEIU, Supreme Judicial Court, taxation, transportation, wealthy

MASS WIRE: TOUGHER TESTS DON’T IMPROVE TEACHING QUALITY

Written by MARY KUHLMAN Posted November 21, 2017 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

A new study, that includes two unidentified Massachusetts school districts, found when tougher tests were used in districts that already had higher quality teaching, the test-prep instruction was of a lower quality than regular classroom lessons.

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: #mapoli, Beacon Hill, education, Madeloni, Mass Teachers, Massachusetts, MTA, standardized testing, State House

‘LEGISLATORS UNDERSTAND THAT WE ARE UNDER-FUNDING PUBLIC SCHOOLS BY ALMOST $2 BILLION A YEAR’

Written by MIKE CLIFFORD Posted September 10, 2017 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

"ReThinking" MA High-Stakes Testing

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Barbara Madeloni, Boston Public Schools, BPS, high stakes testing, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Teachers Association, MTA, schools

THE FIREBRAND: AN INTERVIEW WITH MTA PRESIDENT BARBARA MADELONI

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted May 3, 2017 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

"It’s painful to be a teacher right now."

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Barbara Madeloni, Betsy DeVos, Boston, BPS, Donald Trump, education, high stakes testing, Mass Teachers, Massachusetts, MTA, standardized tests, vouchers

SPECIAL QUESTION 2 PRIMER: THE CHARTER THEY COME

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted October 26, 2016 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction

I’ve been exposing school privatization in Mass since 2008. These are my stories…

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction Tagged With: Bain Capital, Bank of America, Beacon Hill, boston mayor marty walsh, Boston Public Schools, BPS, Charter Schools, Great Schools Massachusetts, James Peyser, Marty Walsh, MCAS, MTA, question 2, Robert Gallery, school choice, school privatization, Superintendent Tommy Chang

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