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Belmont High School’s Jeff Shea is Massachusetts Teacher of the Year

Dr. Jeffrey Shea, a social studies teacher at Belmont High School, was awarded the 2015 Massachusetts Teacher of the Year by Education Commissioner Mitchell Chester on May 6 at a ceremony that filled the school fieldhouse with students, teachers, parents, community members, and colorful banners. Senator Brownsberger presented a Senate citation to Jeff Shea in recogntion of his achievement. The Massachusetts Department of Elementary and …

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Letter to Chairman Dempsey re Reading Recovery

Senator Brownsberger joined other legislators in requesting funding in the FY15 budget for the Reading Recovery program. Honorable Brian Dempsey Chairman, House Committee on Ways & Means State House, Room 243 Boston, MA 02133   March 31, 2014   RE: Line item 7030-1005 Reading Recovery  Dear Mr. Chairman:  It was very disheartening this fall to …

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Grade Retention

Senator Brownsberger, I wanted to bring to your attention the alarming rates of grade retention in our Boston schools. I believe that there are multiple reasons why our Boston students are being held back, i.e. mental health disorders, ESL, adverse acculturation, special education, truancy, to name a few. Specifically, there are quite a few schools …

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Privacy of Education Data

I’ve recently received several emails urging me to support House 331, An Act prohibiting service providers who offer cloud computing services to K-12 educational institutions from processing student data for commercial purposes. House 331 is very straightforward. It reads in full as follows: Section 1. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary any …

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