Statement on standardized testing, prepared in response to movement Less Testing More Learning, Spring 2015 Patty Nolan, Cambridge School Committee candidate There has been a lot of attention to standardized testing in the country, in Massachusetts, in Cambridge. I agree that we’re doing too much. And I agree that there is a place for standardized […]

Statement on a successor contract for Dr. Young, after six years. December 2014 (remarks prepared for the public meeting on Dec. 2, 2014 to vote on a contract for a one year extension. This written statement was amended in making the oral statement, to shorten it.) This decision is hard. Very hard – since I