Ms. Julia Phelps, Associate Commissioner for Curriculum and Instruction, DESE Ms. Susan Wheltle, Director of Office of Literacy and Humanities Massachusetts Dept. Of Elementary and Secondary Education 75 Pleasant St Malden, MA 02148-4906 Dear Ms. Phelps and Ms. Wheltle, In his response to my April letter, Commissioner Chester directed me to […]
Letter to DESE June ’12 (in response to Commissioner Chester’s letter)
Filed Under: Administration, Advocacy Tagged With: Advocacy, Commissioner Chester, DESE, Frameworks, marginalization of social studies, MCSS, Social Studies education, SS Instruction
Letter from Comm. of Education Mitchell Chester troubling and yet…
I recently submitted a letter to Commissioner Chester and the DESE Board voicing our concern for the state of SS in Massachusetts Schools. He responded stating that he, Education Secretary Reveille, and the Board all support SS and he cited several examples. [both letters are posted on the MCSS website] I can not agree with […]
Filed Under: Advocacy Tagged With: marginalization of social studies, Massachusetts, SS education
