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• Comment on: School committee should take step further - Opinion - The Boston Globe

  Posted 03/02/2013 08:20:32 EST

  Well said! Every child should have an equal chance to attend a great school. The plan approved by the EAC skirts this by not addressing the inequities in each family’s basket. Some addresses have 37 more »

• Comment on: Boston school assignment plan is based on neighborhoods and quality - Opinion - The Boston Globe

  Posted 03/02/2013 08:01:48 EST

  It is disingenuous to call this a bold new plan while protecting the old algorithm that includes a walk zone preference. The home-based model is a neighborhood school model, if schools are quality sch more »

• Comment on: School plan: neighborhood over quality? - Opinion - The Boston Globe

  Posted 03/01/2013 08:51:01 EST

  Finally a the Globe airs an editorial that is written by someone who cares about all children and understands that for our City to move forward there must be opportunity for all kids regardless of the more »

• Comment on: Massive Jackson Square project picking up steam - Business - The Boston Globe

  Posted 02/28/2013 09:43:35 EST

  That building with barely virtually no setback and creating a visual wall across the avenue as one drives out of Boston is not designed to be user friendly or make Jackson Square welcoming. Most of th more »

• Comment on: Boston school assignment plans fall short of expectations - Opinion - The Boston Globe

  Posted 02/23/2013 08:03:23 EST

  Thanks Lawrence Harmon for pointing out that the three EAC members who have not been interested in equity. Does any other parent find it disturbing that one of these EAC members is also an appointed s more »

• Comment on: Menino urges delay in key Boston school-assignment vote - Metro - The Boston Globe

  Posted 02/06/2013 02:56:14 EST

  I am not sure how complex the proposals are, each potential students is given a list of schools to choose from that is based on their home address, the list represents a variety of opportunities that more »

• Comment on: School plans fall short of neighborhood goal - Editorial - The Boston Globe

  Posted 01/29/2013 09:22:32 EST

  well said, thank you carolmama

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• Comment on: Is Boston ready for neighborhood schools? We’ll find out soon. - Metro - The Boston Globe

  Posted 01/14/2013 11:17:35 EST

  I found an interesting quote of Nucci's from 2006 here: http://www2.suffolk.edu/files/Archives/oh-059_transcript.pdf "I went to school at a time when we had complete choice as to where we went to scho more »

• Comment on: Is Boston ready for neighborhood schools? We’ll find out soon. - Metro - The Boston Globe

  Posted 01/14/2013 09:00:55 EST

  It’s a shame that Adrian Walker and John Nucci are only able to view school assignment through such a narrow lens. Their implication that access to quality should not be a part of the discussion is more »

• Comment on: More Boston schools need flexible ‘turnaround’ rules - Editorial - The Boston Globe

  Posted 01/03/2013 10:03:56 EST

  I agree with the mayor that the weighted student funding formula should determine the charter school per student reimbursement. Unfortunately, the mayor has spent almost 20 years blaming the union, te more »

• Comment on: Debate swirls about UP Academy’s record on retaining students - Metro - The Boston Globe

  Posted 01/03/2013 09:42:23 EST

  UP Academy is not only losing students but they are already posting five teaching positions. With their board of directors, even a heavy hitter from Bain and the mayors office, and the external fundra more »