“Networker” Grant, New Grant to Improve High School PD, and more
BTU and BPS Receive Grant to Improve High School PD The BTU and BPS have [...]
Negotiations Continue, BTU Winter Conference, Red Sox and More
Good morning. We've met twice recently in negotiations, and we'll be back at it for [...]
Seriously? State Urges Dever, Now in Receivership with High Staff Turnover, to Create a Sunshine Club to Retain Teachers
How about paying the staff the additional $20,000 they are due annually? The State took [...]
BESE Approves 335 More Charter Seats, Draining Already-Strapped School Budget by Another $5.2-$6.4 Million Annually
Last week BESE voted 6 to 3 to approve 300 new seats at the Boston [...]
Astute OpEd by BTU Executive Board Member Mike Maguire: MCAS Arbitrary School-Sorting Mechanism
Check out this excerpt from Mike's OpEd in Saturday's Boston Herald: ...The state sorts districts [...]
School-Based Grants, Lesson Planning Lab, Personalized Learning Info Session and more
BTU/BPS Collaborate to Offer School-Based Professional Learning Grants Does your school community have a challenge [...]
Cash-Starved States, Communities Look to Employees for Bail-Out.
Revenue Part of Equation Gets Overlooked as Tax-Exempt Institutions Get Off Easy... Cash-starved communities are [...]
A Beloved Bronx Teacher Retires After a Conflict With His Principal
From the New York Times: Tom Porton is used to drama: Since arriving at James [...]
BTU Committee Meetings & Upcoming Events
Hear about the Friedrichs Case Please join us at the BTU tomorrow, Wednesday, February 3 [...]