Jim Stergios - NewBostonPost

Massachusetts

‘Middle cities’ residents deserve the same economic opportunities as Bostonians

A Brookings Institution study made headlines in January when it found that Boston has the worst income inequality of any major American city. In doing so, the study obscured the far more punishing reality of Massachusetts cities outside Boston, which have seen far less economic growth and today resemble the

Massachusetts

Charter school opponents can’t hide from the data

Effective arguments are becoming harder to come by for charter school opponents. At first their big claim was that charters "siphon" money from traditional public schools, but that's a tough sell now that school districts receive more than two years of funding after a student chooses

Massachusetts

Let’s do Next-Gen MCAS right

The Baker administration and Board of Elementary and Secondary Education should be applauded for maintaining Massachusetts' academic independence and testing autonomy, but the Commonwealth should reject any further participation in the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) consortium. MCAS has served Massachusetts very well for

MCAS

Rotten to the core: Big money pushes PARCC and Common Core

Each year, much is written and said about K-12 education when students head back to school. That will be especially true this fall, as the education policy community eagerly awaits a decision by the state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education about whether to keep the MCAS tests or switch