By LE Another week in the wild west of WPS is in the books! Don’t worry about keeping it all straight in your head –…
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Out of Reach Worcester
By Etel Haxhiaj, Director of Public Education & Advocacy at Central MA Housing Alliance “I don’t know if I can afford to live in this…
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An Update on Public Records
By Nathan Cummings A month ago, I submitted a petition to the Worcester City Council, with a modest goal to increase transparency at the WPD…
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What did we miss?
Ok, it feels like we need to start with the biggest news story of the week in Worcester- remote learning? the long awaited Public Safety…
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Buckle up. So much has been going on in Worcester, we literally couldn’t keep up! So we’re trying to catch up, and bring you along…
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How the Worcester Public Schools Medical Forum Should have gone…
By Jordan Berg Powers I have been thinking a lot about the disastrous and frankly dangerous presentation from the Worcester Superintendent and selected pediatricians on…
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Ignored by Union Leadership, Worcester Educators’ Group Calls for Action
By Member Voice Editor’s note- we have printed the Press Release from Member Voice in its entirety. Member Voice seeks a retraction of prior public…
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By Jordan Berg Powers There are only bad options for opening schools. A lot of times we say good/bad or better/worse, but in this case…
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An Open Letter to Worcester
By Andres Lorenzana As it stands, Worcester is in a precarious place, with the outbreak of COVID-19, the City’s plans for an economic overturn of…
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QCC’s early education cuts harm students and families
by Brandi Dewar and Erin Roache, leader teachers at Quinsigamond Children’s School Quinsigamond Community College has cut the staff at the campus’ top-rated Children’s School,…
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