Category Archives: Massachusetts

GE to Massachusetts: Give Us $25 Million or We’ll Fire People (Another Legacy of Big Sh-tpile)

Posted on November 20, 2010 by mikethemadbiologist

Isn’t the whole point of military Keynesianism to provide jobs?
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Posted in Big Shitpile, Economics, Jobs, Massachusetts, Military | 6 Comments

Election Endorsements: National and Massachusetts

Posted on November 1, 2010 by mikethemadbiologist

Get out there and vote!
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Posted in Boston, Massachusetts, Voting | 4 Comments

Bestest City Council Resolution EVAH!

Posted on October 23, 2010 by mikethemadbiologist

Waterslides. Gotta love Cambridge, MA.
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Posted in Massachusetts, Transportation | 2 Comments

Learning from Real Educational Reform

Posted on September 30, 2010 by mikethemadbiologist

Curricular reform: it’s not neo-liberal policy, but, in Brockton anyway, it’s what worked.
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Posted in Education, Massachusetts | 2 Comments

Why Does The Boston Phoenix Despise Teachers?

Posted on September 13, 2010 by mikethemadbiologist

If teachers are critical, then why is The Boston Phoenix castigating them, instead of congratulating them for their stellar performance?
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Posted in Boston, Education, Massachusetts, News Media | 6 Comments

Poverty and Science Education in Massachusetts

Posted on July 29, 2010 by mikethemadbiologist

Poverty is something that’s never mentioned in improving K-12 science education, yet it’s critical to performance.
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Posted in Education, Massachusetts, Statistics | 15 Comments

Poverty and Learning in Massachusetts

Posted on July 28, 2010 by mikethemadbiologist

Poverty, even in one of the best educational systems in the world, accounts for a lot of poor performance.
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Posted in Education, Massachusetts, Statistics | 4 Comments

How “Race to the Top” Education ‘Reform’ Screwed Science Education

Posted on May 5, 2010 by mikethemadbiologist

“…if [Pennsylvania] wants to compete successfully in the next round of RTT competition, then the state should downplay its focus on early childhood and science education, and put its efforts instead into categories that get more points…”
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Posted in Education, Fucking Morons, Massachusetts, Progressives | Comments Off on How “Race to the Top” Education ‘Reform’ Screwed Science Education

MA Academy of Sciences Has a Big Shinding This Weekend at Boston’s Museum of Science

Posted on April 15, 2010 by mikethemadbiologist

It’s supposed to be rainy, so why not attend? Carl Zimmer will be there.
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Posted in Boston, Massachusetts, MRSA | 2 Comments

Is the Medical Inflation Rate Due to Unresricted Care?

Posted on April 10, 2010 by mikethemadbiologist

Sure, we should not provide unnecessary care. But much of the problem seems to revolve around anti-trust and poverty.
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Posted in Healthcare, Massachusetts | 6 Comments