Category Archives: Business

Record Fine for Campaign-Finance Violation Sheds Light on Dark Money Donors to Bay State Charter Referendum

Posted on September 26, 2017 by aagabor

When the biggest backer of Massachusetts’s recent ballot initiative, which would have effectively eliminated the cap on charter schools, was slapped, this month, with a $426,466 fine for violating campaign finance laws—the biggest such violation in state history—the legal settlement … Continue reading →

Posted in Brockton, MA, Business, Charter Schools, Education, Massachusetts Education Reform | Tagged Alice Walton Martin Mannion, Amanda Fernandez, Amos Hostetter, Barr Foundation, BESE, Chuck Longfield, Denise Dupre, Doris Fisher, Eric Schneiderman, Families for Excellent Schools, FESA, Gov. Charlie Baker, Great Schools Massachusetts, John and Doris Fisher, John Fisher, Jonathan Jacobson, Josh Bekenstein, KIPP, KIPP Mass, Mark Nunnelly, Martin West, Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, Massachusetts Office of Campaign and Political Finance, OCPF, Paul Sagan, Question 2, Seth Klarman | 3 Comments

How Long-Time Charter Funders Are Upping the Ante in Their Bid to Blow the Bay State’s Charter School Cap

Posted on October 24, 2016 by aagabor

This post highlights the work of Peggy Wiesenberg, an attorney and Access to Justice Fellow working with Quality Education for Every Student (QUEST), a grassroots organization of Boston Public School parents dedicated to promoting quality, equity and transparency in public … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Charter Schools, Massachusetts Education Reform | Tagged a venture capitalist and chairman of the Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, Abigail Johnson, Advancing Obama’s Legacy Frank Perullo Robert Kraft DFER Kraft Group New Schools Venture Fund Paul Sagan, Alice Walton, Amos Hostetter, Analog Devices, Barr Foundation, Campaign for Fair Access to Quality Public Schools, Charles Longfield, Charter Growth Fund, Charter Public School Association, Charter Public Schools Voter Education Fund, charter schools, Dark Money, Eli Broad, Expanding Educational Opportunities, Great Schools Massachusetts, Jim Peyser, Jim Walton, John Fischer, KIPP, Mark Nunnelly, New Profit Inc., Paul Edgerley, Question 2, Raymond Stata, Shari Redstone, Yes on 2 | 2 Comments

Bay State Charter Campaign Gets A Black Eye in Brockton: New Heights Charter Unlikely to Open on Main St.

Posted on August 12, 2016 by aagabor

The controversial New Heights Charter School won’t be moving into the space above the tuxedo-rental store and shuttered bridal shop on Main St., in downtown Brockton, MA., this September. “They are not moving in; not coming into this building,” says … Continue reading →

Posted in Brockton, MA, Business, Charter Schools, Education, Massachusetts Education Reform | Tagged Brockton, brockton high, Charlie Baker, Jim Peyser, John Kerry, John Marien, Mitchell Chester, New Heights Charter School, Omari Walker, referendum, Sharon Wolder, Sue Szachowicz, Sue Szachowicz Tuxedos by Marien, Swift boat | Leave a comment

Baruch Students Win Journalism Award for Cuba Reporting

Posted on March 18, 2016 by aagabor

My day job, when I’m not blogging or reporting on education reform, is teaching journalism at Baruch College/CUNY. Last January, I had my single greatest teaching experience when I led a group of 11 students to Cuba. Now, I’m incredibly … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Cuba, Education | Tagged award, Baruch College, Best in Business, Cuba, diversity, entrepreneurism, journalism, President Obama, Raul Castro, SABEW | Leave a comment

Letter to Hillary: Beware Education Advice From Hedge-Funds

Posted on April 1, 2015 by aagabor

Last week, The New York Times, published a front page story about the pressure Hillary Rodham Clinton is under to declare herself on a host of controversial education-reform initiatives, including the Common Core State Standards and charter schools, which are … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Education, Quality Management, Women | Tagged Alcoa, Arne Duncan, Common Core, Deming, Deval Patrick, Diane Ravitch, Don Petersen, Ford, Halley Potter, hedge funds, Hillary, Japanese Lesson Study, MCAS, NAEP, New Orleans, PARRC, Paul O'Neill, PISA, quality, Race to the Top, Richard Kahlenberg, RTTT, Teach to Lead, teacher evaluations, teacher leaders, Tom Birmingham, Ursula Burns, W. Edwards Deming, Xerox | 4 Comments

Adventures in Cuba with My Journalism Students

Posted on February 14, 2015 by aagabor

Last month, I led 11 Baruch College journalism students to Cuba as part of a class on covering emerging entrepreneurship in that island nation. The lessons learned for both me and my students were profound. The purpose of the trip … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Education, Uncategorized, Women | Tagged Alan Gross, Baruch College, Cuba, Cuba Emprende, cuentapropista, Fernando Funes-Monzote, Finca Marta, Gisele Regatao, Ludwig Foundation, Nostalgiacar, paladares, paquete, Ted Henken | 1 Comment

Lessons for Education Reformers from W. Edwards Deming, America’s Leading Management Thinker

Posted on November 15, 2014 by aagabor

When I returned from speaking at the annual conference of the Deming Institute in Los Angeles last month, the education sites were abuzz about a new Time magazine cover trumpeting “Bad Apples”, the latest example of what has become a … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Education, Quality Management | Tagged Abraham Maslow, Allan Mulally, Amber Charter, American Enterprise Institute, Arthur Levine, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Bloomberg, bonus system, Cadillac, Capdau charter, common causes, continuous improvement, Deming Institute, Education reform, Ford, Frederick Herzberg, GE, GM, heirarchy of need, If Japan Can Why Can't We, incentive pay, intrinsic motivation, Jack Welch, Joel Klein, Kahlenberg, lesson study, Mercedes Schneider, merit pay, open-source software, Peter Drucker, Pontiac, quality, quality improvement, Quality Management, Roger Smith, Sable, Scholastic, special cause, Taurus, Teach for America, teacher education, TFA, Time magazine, Toyota, Toyota Production System, unions, value-added measurement, VAM, Vanderbilt University, variation, W. Edwards Deming, work rules | 13 Comments

Category Archives: Business

Record Fine for Campaign-Finance Violation Sheds Light on Dark Money Donors to Bay State Charter Referendum

How Long-Time Charter Funders Are Upping the Ante in Their Bid to Blow the Bay State’s Charter School Cap

Bay State Charter Campaign Gets A Black Eye in Brockton: New Heights Charter Unlikely to Open on Main St.

Baruch Students Win Journalism Award for Cuba Reporting

Letter to Hillary: Beware Education Advice From Hedge-Funds

Adventures in Cuba with My Journalism Students

Lessons for Education Reformers from W. Edwards Deming, America’s Leading Management Thinker

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