As they transition into adulthood, my students face myriad challenges, and missing out on educational and employment opportunities because they don’t do well on standardized tests and therefore can’t graduate shouldn’t be among them.
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SJC justices raise concerns about Tufts tenure tinkering
The Supreme Judicial Court hears arguments about a change to the tenure guidelines at Tufts School of Medicine that cuts salaries of those who fail to raise enough money to support their labs. Several justices seemed wary of the changes.
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SJC case raises interesting questions about tenure
Can Tufts Medical School cut the pay of tenured professors who fail to reach targets for outside fundraising? The Supreme Judicial Court will decide.
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Worcester officials fed up with Charter/Spectrum
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN internet service is a barrier to remote learning? And what happens when resolving the internet access problem is in the hands of a private company, which holds a regional monopoly on broadband internet service and has no incentive to negotiate? That appears to be the case in Worcester, where city officials are going public […]
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Worcester officials fed up with Charter/Spectrum
What happens when internet service is a barrier to remote learning? And what happens when resolving the internet access problem is in the hands of a private company, which holds a regional monopoly on broadband internet service and has no incentive to negotiate? That appears to be the case in Worcester, where city officials are going […]
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Voc-tech woes continue at Boston’s Madison Park
AMIDST ALL THE TURMOIL and angst that has turned the world as we know it upside down, we long for signs of normal life, some sort of consistency that can be counted on. Look no further than Boston’s troubled Madison Park Technical Vocational High School, where a global pandemic has done nothing to upset the drumbeat […]
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As parents, we’re all now superintendents
I RECENTLY DECLARED a “snow day” for my school district. I made the call early after my oldest son complained of a toothache and my younger two boys came down with a serious case of the wiggles. The forecast said the afternoon would be in the 60s, and after a long stretch of rainy, cold […]
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Northeastern heads north to Maine
WHENEVER PEOPLE IN Boston get nervous about the local economy, you often hear someone say that at least the bedrock of that economy — the colleges and hospitals — can’t pick up and move. But now Northeastern University is sort of doing just that. With a $100 million donation from David Roux, who was born […]
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Northeastern heads north to Maine
Whenever people in Boston get nervous about the local economy, you often hear someone say that at least the bedrock of that economy — the colleges and hospitals — can’t pick up and move. But now Northeastern University is sort of doing just that. With a $100 million donation from David Roux, who was born […]
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Sex-ed bill heads to House; meanwhile, local fights continue
THE SENATE PASSED a sex-ed bill on Thursday with more Republican support than in the past, but it’s heading to the House where Speaker Bob DeLeo has not yet committed to taking it up. DeLeo said in May that sex education was “on our radar” to look at, drawing attention to the fact that the […]