Archive for December 12th, 2011

Ignoring the obvious in urban education

On Op-Ed in today’s New York Times by Helen Ladd, a professor of public policy and economics at Duke, and Edward Fiske, a former education editor of The New York Times, tackles the issue of the lagging performance of urban schools in America today. Entitled “Class matters. Why won’t we…

Read More »

Fate of Textile Memorial Bridge

Below is a video produced by CopleyMedia , once again providing an interesting glimpse of Lowell. With the construction of a replacement bridge in progress, the historic Textile Memorial Bridge is slated to be demolished for salvage metal. The bridge was named in honor of 16 veteran’s who attended Lowell…

Read More »