A WEEK AFTER school committees began making decisions for reopening schools, a day after the plans were originally due to the state, Gov. Charlie Baker released a map to help guide their decision-making. It’s the latest move in what has turned out to be the Commonwealth’s embarrassing lack of leadership on school reopening. Baker and […]
Mark L Bail
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COVID throwing MCAS for a loop
In a recent column, Liam Kerr was so focused on excoriating the Massachusetts Teachers Association leadership that he failed to recognize that MCAS is in deep trouble. Logistically, it’s hard to administer the test when students are not in school, but it’s even more difficult to sanction students and schools when testing benchmarks disappear. COVID-19 […]