Welcome back to school!
Good morning and welcome back to another exciting, new school year! The opening schedule is [...]
Michelle Rhee, Hypocrite
The story by John Merrow that no newspaper would print: "Michelle Rhee lobbies across the [...]
Verizon Strike Heats Up
The Verizon worker strike--45,000 workers nationwide and 8,000 locally--is in its second week, and the [...]
Montana and Other States to Feds on NCLB: Forget it
New York Times "As hundreds of schools here and across the nation faced being labeled [...]
Bill Gates Eats a Little Humble Pie–But He’s not Going Anywhere
From the Wall St. Journal " 'It's hard to improve public education-that's clear. As Warren [...]
With More High Stakes Testing, Is More Cheating Inevitable?
From Education Week "The cheating scandal that has rocked the 48,000-student Atlanta school system was [...]
AFT Delegates Hear Pres. Weingarten and Bill Gates
The BTU membership just sent upwards of 70 delegates to the AFT Convention in Seattle. [...]
AFT Awards 1 of 7 Nat’l Innovation Grants to BTU Members
In its 2nd year of operation the AFT Innovation Fund awarded Boston one of its [...]
AFT Awards 1 of 7 Nat’l Innovation Grants to BTU Members
In its 2nd year of operation the AFT Innovation Fund awarded Boston one of its [...]