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May 24

https://twitter.com/TracyNovick/status/1529049402240905218

I should note two things about these:
1. I honestly find them useful. They're not the be-all, end-all, but they're a perspective.
2. They have a particular framing of school districts that I think is useful in considering the Boston report.

https://twitter.com/TracyNovick/status/1529049402240905218

I've been a teacher, I'm a parent, I'm a member of a school committee.

I know that school districts are a product of their history, and that they swim in a ecosystem that is largely not of their own making.

The CDR reports have what I think is intended as a "no excuses" framing, which means that the analysis lives apart from any context.

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@TracyNovick

May 24

it's disorienting reading the headlines this morning...#MAEdu

I'm seeing words like "scathing" and "rips" and...it isn't.

Cute that the Globe editorial board was all ready with a piece, though.

Maybe it would help to note: while BPS getting an "update" a year later, the review itself is a regular thing for districts.

You can find them here: doe.mass.edu/accountability…

#MAEdu

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@TracyNovick

May 23

Train reading

Okay, so please note that I am not dismissing any of this impact on kids and teachers.

But we’re having a discussion about the state taking over the largest district in the state, and the first two complaints are:

1. “There are buses that never show up and you don’t count those as “late” and you didn’t change it even after we complained!”
2. “Of the 29 bathroom projects you said were done, 2 weren’t, really!”

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@TracyNovick

May 23

@MASchoolsK12

.@MASchoolsK12 report on @BostonSchools is posted:

doe.mass.edu/accountability…

#MAEdu

"As noted in the 2020 District Review Report, the BPS-DESE MOU, and now in this District Review FollowUp Report, the problems facing BPS are abundantly clear.

This moment requires bold, student-centered
decision-making and strong execution to ensure the district delivers the quality education its students
deserve. BPS needs immediate improvement."

That's the conclusion. Make of that what you will.

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Tracy O'Connell Novick

@TracyNovick

May 23

note that this doesn't say anything other than a report exists (which we know has to at this point)

interesting that it might be considered a draft 36 or so hours before the meeting at which it will presumably be discussed

bostonherald.com/2022/05/21/sta…

oh, and yeah, of course anything that exists in this context is a public document, but odds are no one's going to get it before they release it, anyway

@YawuMiller

While we are on the topic, let me recommend to you again @YawuMiller’s ongoing coverage over at @BayStateBanner

baystatebanner.com/2022/05/20/a-g…

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Tracy O'Connell Novick

@TracyNovick

Apr 17

Ok, #MAEdu, account by account FY23 spreadsheet for the K-12 #mabudget accounts now updated here: dropbox.com/s/15lknvv3lgbf…

I'm going to pull together a blog post, and then I'll tweet them out if you like. #mapoli

ok, here's the blog post: who-cester.blogspot.com/2022/04/fy23-h…

#mabudget #MAEdu #mapoli

right, let's go for a thread here (mute me if you don't want this taking over your timeline for a bit):
#MAEdu K-12 #mabudget House Ways and Means.

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