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Technology in Education

Technology in Education

March 26, 2025 by vote@matera.us in

This was a really insightful article around the rapid embracing of educational technology brought about during the Pandemic. One interesting thing worth noting is that while declines in test scores intensified during the lockdowns, the author of this article also shows that this decline started before the lockdowns, in fact after 2012. What happened around 2012 … “the sudden appearance of a laptop or tablet on every student’s desk.” I’m consistently amazed when my student brings home a worksheet vs a form based lesson on Google Classroom. While I think technology is wonderful and should be embraced especially in schools, it’s also critical that there’s a balance between paper based and computer based education. I’m not certain we’ve found that balance yet and so I’m happy to come across more articles and evidence around the challenges faced with technology.

https://www.afterbabel.com/p/edtech-tragedy

Raising Revenue

Raising Revenue

March 16, 2025 by vote@matera.us in /

As a school district we should double down on raising revenues to help increase our operating budget and close future year gaps. A few school districts in Massachusetts like Chelmsford and Gloucester have done this to some success. In fact, in 2011 Gloucester awarded naming rights to its outdoor athletic facilities to New Balance in exchange for $500,000 over ten years. While I’m not suggesting that Sutton could land a large corporate sponsor like New Balance, there are several small and medium size business in the area that might be game for this. I see this as an innovative way to raise revenue given that there aren’t any clear restrictions in State law prohibiting this and guiding policy could be instituted by the school committee. The Hopkinton School district has established guiding policies on this and Sutton could easily leverage some of the work done here as policy. Tough times call for innovative thinking and as a member of the committee I’ll bring innovative ideas to help raise revenues and close our budget gaps.