Left In Lowell

Just in case you missed it, the MCAS scores just have come out. And guess what? When it comes to evaluating improvement, Lowell schools did very well.

I am sure that the School Superintendent will get a lot of credit for putting in place a plan to achieve this success level. I am sure that those who are calling for her head because she wants to implement a plan to raise the level of education for all students, thus put the people in place to make that happen and take full responsibility for her plans failure and success, will be the first one to throws bouquets her way. (snark!)

It is nothing short of disgusting that the education of our children is taking second place to personal agendas. (more on this in later posts!)

For full details of Lowell’s results, check out the Herald’s web site but here is the summary. The Competent Performance Index “measures the extent students are progressing towards proficiency. It is a 100-point index combining scores in English, language arts and math.”

Congratulations Lowell Public School System! Keep up the great work, in spite of the nay sayers.

Left in Lowell has mailed the Questionnaire to City Candidates; that is those running for City Council, School Committee and Technical High School. We incorporated a lot of the questions that the commentators had submitted. The answers of the participants who reply will be published (in PDF format) in a single post with links for each candidate.

It has become obvious to many observers that this City election season has too few (2 as of now) public forums. In a previous post, I had mentioned that WCAP has been interviewing each candidate for an hour. I wish I had thought about it before; one of the blogs in Lowell could have partnered with them to provide a podcast or maybe they could have provide it on their own web site. (more…)