Lisa Guisbond

Joint Committee on Ways and Means FY27 Public Budget Hearing · Massachusetts Teachers Association Join educators and public education supporters from across the commonwealth as we advocate for the FY27 funding that our schools, colleges, and universities deserve. **Be sure to wear RED for Ed** ...

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NO KINGS Boston!! · No Kings We’re coming together on **Saturday, March 28** to declare: # We the People are We the Powerful. ## And we will not stand for an authoritarian takeover of the United States. We’re fighting against...

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Is ICE causing a drop in student enrollment? School leaders say yes. Officials from Massachusetts cities including Chelsea and Lynn say the falling enrollment could translate to budget cuts.

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AG's office preps schools for ICE raids - Greenfield Recorder As the Trump Administration deploys an onslaught of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents to cities and towns across the county, a state official met with Massachusetts education leaders me...

“It’s clear to me that the attack on immigrants is also an attack on public education itself,” Guisbond said.

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Overselling the Mississippi Miracle Southern poverty is a policy choice

Overselling the Mississippi Miracle
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After my ICE arrest, I learned one crucial way to respond to trauma. We can all take part | Rümeysa Öztürk I was detained for co-writing a op-ed about Gaza as a student at Tufts. My experience has only made me feel more connected to others facing oppression

The best of the best, Rumeysa Ozturk: www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

What we talk about when we talk about Anne Frank hiding from ICE Is it ok to invoke Anne Frank in discussing kids hiding from ICE? Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum disagree.

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Join us today, Sunday 1/25 at 6pm, for a virtual webinar to grieve together, to learn about the ongoing struggle in Minnesota, and to make ourselves safer through connection in our communities.

Families and educators push for citywide access for Vietnamese and Chinese language programs They say such programs have life-changing benefits for many children and their families

Families and educators push for citywide access for Vietnamese and Chinese language programs by Schoolyard News schoolyardnews.com/families-and...

The top 5 CommonWealth Beacon commentary topics in 2025 - CommonWealth Beacon Thoughtful CommonWealth Beacon opinion pieces offered a stark contrast to a year of oxygen-sucking pronouncements by a president whose coarsening of public debate commanded nearly nonstop headlines.

One of my commentaries was included in CommonWealth Beacon's "top 5 CommonWealth Beacon commentary topics in 2025" commonwealthbeacon.org/opinion/the-...

Voters said no to one-size-fits-all tests. The governor’s graduation framework can't let them go. - CommonWealth Beacon Piling multiple layers of new requirements on our students will create new obstacles rather than providing opportunities for them to increase their life skills and pursue their individual goals.

Voters said no to one-size-fits-all tests. The governor’s graduation framework can't let them go. commonwealthbeacon.org/opinion/vote...

After the MCAS, Mass. looks to use senior projects as a graduation requirement. Here’s what that could look like. - The Boston Globe State leaders are working to create new high school standards after voters revoked the MCAS test requirement.

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State takeovers of schools just don’t work - The Boston Globe Many schools may need help from the state. But it does not need to come in the form of a hammer.

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"Join ICE" - Jesse Welles (LIVE on The Late Show) YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The real deal. youtu.be/61I4hlig78w?...

Unilever: Stop silencing Ben & Jerry’s ice cream NOW! Unilever/Magnum has been silencing Ben & Jerry’s when the brand has tried to speak out about social injustices & progressive values. It’s wrong. Join me & sign Ben from Ben & Jerry's...

Unilever/Magnum has been silencing Ben & Jerry’s when the brand has tried to speak out about social injustices & progressive values. It’s wrong.

Join me & sign Ben from Ben & Jerry's petition & be entered in a raffle to win a free pint of his pro-ceasefire sorbet! sign.moveon.org/petitions/un...

Public weighs in on creation of new MA graduation requirements Members of the Joint Committee on Education will hear from the public Wednesday as they consider new ways Massachusetts high school students can earn a diploma.Voters decided overwhelmingly last year

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After MCAS, Mass. has to think again about what it means to be a graduate - The Boston Globe By using just one assessment instrument that evaluated a narrow range of 20th-century skills, we missed an opportunity to assess the skills and knowledge that students need to live in the 21st century...

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Education Helped Power the Blue Wave 10 surprising election takeaways

Education Helped Power the Blue Wave
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We shouldn’t force a one-size-fits-all approach to reading instruction   - CommonWealth Beacon Lawmakers must resist the misleading call to mandate ‘evidence-based’ literacy curriculum

We shouldn’t force a one-size-fits-all approach to reading instruction   commonwealthbeacon.org/opinion/we-s...

This is a rare opportunity to hear first-hand from Israel’s largest joint Palestinian and Jewish led grassroots movement.

Testing debate rolls on after ballot law drops MCAS as a graduation requirement Advocates with Citizens for Public Schools say instead of a new test, the state should offer multiple ways for students to show they're ready to graduate.

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The Washington Post Fired Me — But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced. I spoke out against hatred and violence in America — and it cost me my job.

The Washington Post Fired Me — But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced.
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'No rhyme or reason': AI grading issue affects hundreds of MCAS essays The use of AI to score Massachusetts’ standardized MCAS tests resulted in errors that affected hundreds of exams, the NBC10 Investigators learned.

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How Mass. Democrats are unwittingly helping Trump Antisemitism is a real problem, particularly as Trump positions Jews as a scapegoat for his authoritarian crackdowns. But rather than combat antisemitism or resist Trump, Massachusetts’ Democrats — li...

This oped is worth reading, by Jonathan Feingold, BU law professor and expert in education law and anti-discrimination law.
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Is Public Education Over? One big reason public schools are so vulnerable: standardized testing. Too many Democrats haven't gotten the memo...

Is Public Education Over?
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Sounds good to me.

YEAs ---27 Alsobrooks (D-MD) Baldwin (D-WI) Blunt Rochester (D-DE) Duckworth (D-IL) Durbin (D-IL) Heinrich (D-NM) Hirono (D-HI) Kaine (D-VA) Kim (D-NJ) King (I-ME) Klobuchar (D-MN) Lujan (D-NM) Markey (D-MA) Merkley (D-OR) Murphy (D-CT) Murray (D-WA) Ossoff (D-GA) Reed (D-RI) Sanders (I-VT) Schatz (D-HI) Shaheen (D-NH) Smith (D-MN) Van Hollen (D-MD) Warnock (D-GA) Warren (D-MA) Welch (D-VT) Whitehouse (D-RI)

Sanders's first resolution -- SJ Res 41 -- would have blocked the sale of tens of thousands of fully automatic assault rifles to the Israeli government.

It failed 27 to 70.

Thank you to these 27 who voted YES.

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A betrayal of the victims of the Holocaust A view from Israel

A betrayal of the victims of the Holocaust
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