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“What a Deal!” An animation about Stand For Children’s ballot question

Alain Jehlen — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:05:49 +0000

I hope you enjoy (and share!) this Xtranormal animation from Citizens for Public Schools about the Stand For Children’s ballot initiative: Stand’s proposal is now before the legislature. If the legislature doesn’t pass it, Stand will hire a signature-gathering company to get more signatures and put it on the 2012 ballot. Citizens for Public Schools is [...]

Meeting TONIGHT about mayor’s plan to close Davis Square library

Alain Jehlen — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 16:30:16 +0000

Somerville Voices was asked to post this notice about a library meeting from the Davis Square LiveJournal: http://davis-square.livejournal.com/2824126.html.

A second charter school for Somerville? State hearing Dec. 14

Alain Jehlen — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 19:21:15 +0000

Somerville-4-Schools and other Somerville email lists are buzzing with debate over a new charter school proposal that could, if successful, force big cuts in the school budget including closing a school. The state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education will hold a hearing about the proposal Dec. 14 at the high school auditorium, 4 to 6 [...]

Oppose the draft state regs on teacher evaluation

Alain Jehlen — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 02:12:11 +0000

If you think there’s already too much focus on test scores in our schools, you should know it’s about to get worse. The state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education is considering new regulations that would dramatically up the ante on test scores and expand their scope from math and reading to all subjects. The deadline for [...]

Somerville Voices open meeting Sunday, 5/29

Alain Jehlen — Fri, 27 May 2011 02:01:07 +0000

[ May 29, 2011; 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. ] Somerville Voices will hold an open meeting this Sunday, May 29, 6 to 8 pm at the Visiting Nurses assisted living facility, 259 Lowell Street. Come with your ideas for making our blog better.

Somerville Story Contest: We Have A Winner!

Alain Jehlen — Tue, 24 May 2011 01:42:01 +0000

Three winners, in fact. First place, $100, goes to Francesca Zimmerman for her post on the need to renovate the high school auditorium stage. The Somerville Voices editors also picked two second-place winners, $50 each: Cassandra Marsden for her post on the amazing story of the Somerville girls soccer team of 2008, and Herby Lafortune for his video interviews [...]

Somerville story contest — first milepost

Alain Jehlen — Mon, 09 May 2011 21:36:28 +0000

We got only two entries by yesterday’s deadline for our “This Happened In Somerville” high school contest, but they are both excellent! There’s one on the spectacular rise of girls’ soccer and one on the state of the SHS auditorium. The winner will be chosen by the editors’ evaluation of the quality of the post AND [...]

Somerville Voices story contest deadline postponed to May 8

Alain Jehlen — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 03:04:01 +0000

The deadline for our “This happened in Somerville” true story contest for high school students has been postponed one week, to May 8, because we hear some students want to enter but need a little extra time. The prize is $100. Here’s a more complete description of our contest. If you’re thinking of entering, there’s still [...]

High-Stakes Testing and No Child Left Behind: An Animated Debate

Alain Jehlen — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 20:57:09 +0000

Inspired partly by Somerville data walls, I've made this animation about high-stakes testing and NCLB.

The Somerville Voices ‘This Happened in Somerville’ CONTEST

Alain Jehlen — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 00:37:35 +0000

Somerville Voices is sponsoring a high school story contest with a prize of $100. Deadline: May 1, 2011 The topic: “This happened in Somerville.” (True stories, not fiction.) The format: Anything that can be published on our blog: text, photos, text with photos, slide shows, video, poetry. You may post anonymously or under a pseudonym, but if you win your [...]