(Hour 3a,b,c) Sid GlassnerThis morning Sid Glassner, Senior Fellow with the New England Society for the Study of Education, joined us for Is Our Children Learning to talk to us about the recent news regarding the teacher’s contract.  They discussed the financials and spoke about how the Mayor vetoed it because it broke the cap.  Tune in to hear Sid turn the tables on Rich by interviewing him.

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(Hour 3b) Sid continued his interview of Rich before discussing whether or not the Mayor should be on the school board.  They went through some of the past mayors and discussed their varying roles as school board members.  They moved on to the the money involved in the teacher’s contracts.

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(Hour 3c) In the final segment Rich and Sid shared about Common Core, how it is effecting test scores and why.  Tune in to hear about a greater central control from Washington.

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