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By BEN TOBIN

As we approach the start of another school year it is long past time to look at the question of removing local control from our schools.The notion of each community having autonomy over its neighborhood schools, while utopian and aspirational in...

By BEN TOBIN

The world of education is rife with feel-good messages and jargon: growth mindset, whole child, inquiry-based, social-emotional learning.The learning will be rigorous and catered to the individual while also still meeting the requirements of state...

By BEN TOBIN

Fifty-seven years locked in a cage. It’s hard to fathom being trapped in a small space that isn’t even large enough to stand upright.Such was the fate of Josiah Spaulding Jr. in the late 1800s. By all accounts Josiah was a kind-hearted young man and,...