To the editor: Making Marblehead more accessible for young families is one of the many reasons for investing in and diversifying our town’s housing stock. More housing means more economic activity and resulting revenues from a broader base of people, and, therefore, less pressure on funding and more opportunities to invest in public goods like our schools. The debate over … [Read more...] about LTE: 3A Zoning is good for our schools
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State funding allocated to Marblehead
Last Friday, the legislature enacted a $58 billion budget for fiscal year 2025 that included investments in the Town of Marblehead, from Chapter 70 education funding and local aid to one-time earmarks supporting the town’s rich historical heritage. “This budget includes many exciting investments for the Commonwealth’s future and reaffirms the legislature’s commitment to … [Read more...] about State funding allocated to Marblehead
At this middle school, students teach each other. Is this new model the future of education?
Luis Melecio-Zambrano GILROY, Calif. — In Gilroy Prep’s eighth-grade math class, there are no quiet rows of orderly desks facing an instructor. Instead, the room feels less like a classroom and more like the floor of a stock exchange, with the constant buzz of conversation as students sketch slopes and equations on tablets that project their stylus strokes onto nearby … [Read more...] about At this middle school, students teach each other. Is this new model the future of education?
Blowing past the warning signs: The teacher morale crash is here
Paul DiPerna and Colyn Ritter If you follow education policy at all, you’ve probably heard about the looming “fiscal cliff.” As pandemic-era federal support runs out, school districts that used temporary funding to create permanent initiatives are going to fall over it. But American K-12 education appears to be in the midst of an immediate and menacing development: A … [Read more...] about Blowing past the warning signs: The teacher morale crash is here
In defense of helicopter parents
Mary McNamara I recently saw a headline in The New York Times that I thought was the answer to my prayers: "Anxious Parents are the Ones Who Need Help." Yes, please, I thought, hoping to find acknowledgment of all the very real forces that can turn any parent into an anxious mess. Things like school shootings, worsening teen mental health, the ongoing debate over the … [Read more...] about In defense of helicopter parents