Cambridge City Council says NO to Raising the Charter School Cap. Tonight the Cambridge City Council debated and voted the resolution below. The vote was 5 Yes (McGovern, Kelley, Simmons, Maher, Mazen); 3 No (Carlone, Devereux and Toomey) 1 Absent (Cheung). VICE MAYOR MCGOVERN COUNCILLOR KELLEY WHEREAS: The creation of charter schools has created a two-tiered educational system that draws resources away from the broad group of public school students to serve a narrow select few; … [Read more...]
Cambridge School Committee Votes to Pause Implementation of PARCC
Please see this article by Jean Cummings in the Cambridge Day to read more about this! http://www.cambridgeday.com/2015/05/20/officials-stand-against-standardized-test-look-at-steps-forward-locally-nationally/ … [Read more...]
Tentative Agreement Reached for Paraprofessional (Unit E) Contract
CEA Paraprofessionals, On Wednesday, March 23rd, our Bargaining Team Committee for the Cambridge Education Association Unit E-(Paraprofessionals) reached a tentative agreement with the Cambridge School Committee. Check your email for the tentative agreement. We have scheduled an Informational Meeting on Thursday, April 14, 2016 at 3:30 pm at Cambridge Rindge and Latin School, Media Cafeteria to go over the tentative agreement and answer any questions you may have. The Ratification Vote … [Read more...]
Supreme Court deadlock gives win to unions in fee case – The Boston Globe
The case is among a handful of high-profile disputes in which Antonin Scalia's vote was expected to tip the balance. http://www.bostonglobe.com/news/nation/2016/03/29/supreme-court-deadlock-gives-win-unions-fee-case/ecUzygW8Uf8hnFYuERQy9J/story.html?s_campaign=8315 … [Read more...]
We are live again!
After a long hiatus, our website is finally up online again! A big thanks to Terry Gist and Bobby Travers, those at the MTA, especially Jair Mendes, who helped to get it in shape, and to the webmasters before us: Karyn Grace and Lisa Rosenberg, who worked many long hours for many years to keep the old site updated. … [Read more...]