Comm. Mitchell Chester

Brian Questions Comm. Mitchell Chester About Teaching To The Test [Video]
Brian Questions Comm. Mitchell Chester About Teaching To The Test [Video]
Brian The Cab Driver has an exclusive interview with Massachusetts Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education Mitchell Chester. The commish outlines the future of standardized testing, why the new state assessment, MCAS 2.0, is necessary evil, and his opinion on why it was necessary to have all employees at an under-performing elementary school re-apply for their position...
Mitchell To DESE: New Bedford Opposed To “City On The Hill” Charter School
Mitchell To DESE: New Bedford Opposed To “City On The Hill” Charter School
Mayor Jon Mitchell has informed the Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education, he is opposed to the City On The Hill Charter School in Boston, being awarded a charter for a new school in New Bedford.  In a ten page letter to Commissioner Mitchell Chester, the Mayor said his opposition is related to cost, and the school's poor educational record........