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Comment on: US losing its competitiveness, Harvard study says - Business - The Boston Globe
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Comment on: Mass. education officials defend database for schoolkids thatâs drawing fire - Business - The Boston Globe
I have always been intrigued by the States interest in maintaing a student's academic records and I find no compelling reason for the State to maintain the amount of personal information it does. As more »
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Comment on: Internet TV upstart Aereo goes to court to clear Boston launch - Business - The Boston Globe
Good Luck to Him! I just cancelled Comcast Cable and will look to get another internet provider. No competion = Extortion.
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Comment on: Springfield educator is named Massachusetts teacher of the year - Metro - The Boston Globe
Congratulations to you and the Springfield teachers!
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Comment on: Gun-show loophole wins, and common sense goes AWOL - Editorials - The Boston Globe
Unlike many fellow American, I think a national gun registry is a common sense idea. Those so afraid of the government knowing they own a gun are possibly too paranaoid to rightfully own one.
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Comment on: Putting education at the center of the mayor campaign - Opinion - The Boston Globe
THis is just a hunch, but once the balance shifts and the charters are full of low income students, ELL, SPED students, the BPS will be the place the parents want to send their children.
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Comment on: Supreme Court to Review Federal Limits on Total Campaign Giving - Politics - The Boston Globe
Here is an opportunity to overturn Citizens United. Perhaps reason will prevail?
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Comment on: Mega-developments should follow Kendall Squareâs locals-first model - - Boston.com
Quincy isn't cool enough
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Comment on: On humanity, a big failure in Aaron Swartz case - - Boston.com
To think that not one top CEO has been prosecuted in the wake of the recent financial crisis and the state came after this crime in such a heavy manner is unpardonable. The taxpayers were robbed for b more »
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Comment on: Mass. garners high marks on key international exam - Metro - The Boston Globe
Will there be bonuses for the teachers this bonus season? Imagine what a CEO would give himself with these results!
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Comment on: MBTA driver in crash held second full-time job with BHA - Metro - The Boston Globe
I see a guy doing what it takes to make it. It is too bad that someone has to work this much for a middle class lie in MA. more »
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Comment on: - Opinion - The Boston Globe
Three things stood out in this piece. First the claim that Teachers Unions will need to recon with the longer day. Readers, remember that the teachers in the high performing districts are Union also more »
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Comment on: Mass. fails to crack top 10 for high school graduation rates - Metro - The Boston Globe
When do students become responsible for their own educations?
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Comment on: Wireless-phone bills causing financial stress - Lifestyle - The Boston Globe
My friend teaches in Europe and has a data/phone plan of about $15.00 a month. It is just like gas mileage. Ford Focus's in Euope nearly twice as many miles a gallon or Kiloeter a lieter as in the S more »
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Comment on: MCAS scores suggest that tool is working - Editorials - The Boston Globe
The 3rd grade reading score is not difficult to understand. For years the the pedagogy of early education was Grades 1-3 learn to read. Grades 4 and onward read to learn. Students are expected to come more »
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Looking at the graph I was struck by the difference in the numbers of students tested in the Charter School vs. Public Schools. Could smaller class size make a difference?
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Comment on: MCAS scores for 10th-graders reach record high - Metro - The Boston Globe
I blame the teachers! more »
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Amazing to see what afordable higher education was able to do for lifting the poor out of poverty. It is unfortunate that the modern BC looks more like Harvard then the initial Jesuit mission.
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Comment on: Madison Park overhaul hits snag - Metro - The Boston Globe
This piece illustrates the frustration of Urban educational reform and the misplaced trust in upper administration and politicians to solve a poverty problem.
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Comment on: Facing a shortage, Boston will add more kindergarten classrooms - Metro - The Boston Globe
The time for neighborhood schools has come. The BPS needs the flexibility to move staff to meet the students. This problem is one of those that leads to head scratching. more »
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I think we aught to adopt a 3 year moratorium on all taxes. Yes, I know what that would entail. But maybe then we as a society will see how much value we receive from paying a fair and reasonable tax. more »
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Comment on: Congressional delegation cowers to the NRA after Colorado shooting - Metro - The Boston Globe
Ye, Yes, and a Louder Yes. Our congressional members need to show leadership and introduce reasonable limits on gun ownership. The gun industry is too strong and their products infringe upon our right more »
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Comment on: Scott Brown says weapons bans should be up to states - Metro - The Boston Globe
How can the states regulate guns when the Supreme Court has constantly struck down any gun control efforts? We need leadership on this issue, not sound bites. It is an absolute red herring that gun co more »
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Comment on: Minimum wage still doesnât work - Opinion - The Boston Globe
No, it is a real question that is often assumes unquestioned premise about the nature of our social contract between government, industry and the population. If the affordable care act goes forward 43 more »
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Comment on: Minimum wage still doesnât work - Opinion - The Boston Globe
Do people exist to assist markets, or do markets exist to assist people? When money and profits are treated with higher regard than people exploitation occurs. We have put the cart before the horse. W more »
Maybe if companies investid a bit of their capital in training and professional development for thier employees the competetive advantage would return?