Why would the Boston Public Schools system conduct a superintendent search underwritten by interests that are trying to undermine the Boston Public Schools? The Boston Herald ran a fine editorial Who’s Funding the Search for BPS Superintendent calling for transparency about any foundation funding for the search for a new superintendent of the Boston Public…
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SuperPACs: Boston Keeps Not Inviting You But You Keep Coming Back
The Boston Globe is doing a pretty good job (I hope the Globe keeps it up) paying attention to SuperPACs in the Boston mayor’s race, the latest example being Danny McDonald’s SuperPAC’s emerge in Boston mayor’s race, with little objection so far. But regular people do object to these vehicles for oligarchic wealth, and they…
The Waltons Are Winning the Debate Over the Boston Public Schools
Here’s a small exercise I thought of in light of today’s James Vaznis story in the Boston Globe concerning what to do about the Boston public schools. I tried to rank the responses of those interviewed from left (status quo, send more money) to right (state takeover). Out there on the right fringe is the…