Please note: Not all items in this Library represent the BPO’s perspective. The posting of an article, book or study does not imply endorsement. We post these items in the spirit of transparency and education.
BROOKLINE
Link to the BPO's Fall 2016 flyer in English and Spanish
Muddy River, a Brookline zine
Reports to Brookline School Committee
School Faculty and Brookline Residents Urge School Committee to Expedite Contract Talks, The Sagamore, Leon Yang, Chris Bell, Paul Miller-Schmidt, February 6, 2016
A Call for Transparency on the Brookline School Committee's Education Reform Agenda, Katherine & Matthew Stewart, Brookline Tab, May 20, 2016
Brookline School Committee Members Respond to Column, Brookline Tab, May 24, 2016
Why Are Brookline Schools Being "Turned around"?, Katherine & Matthew Stewart, Brookline Tab, June 9, 2016
Charters, Brookline and Bridgespan, Bill Schechter, Brookline Tab, June 4, 2016
Brookline Does Have Reason to Care about Charter Cap, Jeffrey Kushner, Brookline Tab, June 17, 2016
Change Is Coming, Brookline Tab, July 6, 2016
MASSACHUSETTS
The Constitution of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Ch. V, Sec. II
"The Third Way" in Education Is Not the Answer, Bill Schechter, Commonwealth Magazine, June 9 2016
Family Affair, Edushyster, interview with Dr. Maurice Cunningham, August 9, 2016
U.S.
America's Not-So-Broken Education System, Jack Schneider, The Atlantic, June 22, 2016
Michigan- How to kill a school district by reforming it, Diane Ravitch, blog post, July 7, 2016
The Common Core Costs Billions and Hurts Students, Diane Ravitch, New York Times, July 23, 2016
Foundations Unfiltered, Interview with Megan Tomkins-Stange, Edushyster, August 3, 2016
GENERAL
about Standardized Testing & Opting Out
about Charter Schools
In Praise of Dewey, Nicholas Campio, July 28, 2016
BLOGS & WEBSITES
EduShyster (Jennifer Berkshire)
Whos of Who-cester (Tracy Novick)
Diane Ravitch (herself)
Living in Dialogue (Anthony Cody)
deutsch 29 (Mercedes Schneider)
jersey jazzman (Mark Weber)
curmudgucation (Peter Greene)
educationopportunitynetwork (Jeff Bryant)
Fairtest: The National Center for Fair and Open Testing