There I am listening to an interview Phil Paleologos is conducting with the Superintendent of New Bedford government schools, when the Super delivers a shocking revelation. Dr. Pia Durkin fired a shot over the I-195 bow when she proclaimed New Bedford High School the best in the region...
The Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education has concluded its monitoring of New Bedford Public Schools’ implementation of its Accelerated Improvement Plan (AIP), and has expressed its confidence in the district’s ability to continue its track record of progress under the plan and leadership’s strategy...
The debate over how and when public schools should address the sticky subject of sex education is not a new one. What is new are some of the talking points included in today's agenda driven sex ed curriculum. Politics and indoctrination have found a place in the classrooms of our public schools...
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...
Ward Three New Bedford City Councillor Henry Bousquet wants to see more autonomy in the way of discipline in public schools.
Bousquet says the State Department of Elementary and Secondary Education has stripped teachers and administrators of their ability to effectively discipline disruptive and unruly students...
According to a Standard Times, the schools Superintendent believes New Bedford parents, teachers and students "need to embrace" Parcc testing or feel the pain courtesy of the state Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. Dr. Pia Durkin balked in a lengthy diatribe, at the recent school committee meeting, at a Resolution that would inform, not encourage, students and parents of
Boston (AP) - The state is looking for help designing a new version of the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System test.
The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education on Tuesday formally requested proposals from private companies to help develop and build the ``next-generation MCAS'' test...
Following up on Tuesday's post, PARCC: Opting out vs. Refusal, I've heard from the New Bedford School Department. Jon Carvalho states, correctly, that there is no official state Opt-out form for parents/students to just say no to the PARCC assessments...
New Bedford School Committee man Chris Cotter comes in to the Brian's Beat studio. The hot topic is the lack of control New Bedford residents, taxpayers, families and the elected school committee have over their schools.