Bob Schwartz

Eliminating the assessment system we have without putting alternative in its place is utterly irresponsible. The predictable outcome of leaving each district on its own to set graduation standards is that the already unacceptable gaps in student performance based on race and class will only get wider.

Before we go too far down the road of embracing some form of free community college, we need a conversation among political leaders, business leaders, and community college leaders about the role we need our community colleges to play in our state and regional economies, and the resources required to enable them to play that role.

IF THERE IS one thing we can predict with confidence about the Greater Boston labor market, it is that those with only a high school diploma will have very limited […]