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Mike Moriarty

Mike Moriarty

Holyoke, MA civic leader; longtime Executive Director of OneHolyoke CDC, former 10-year member of the Massachusetts State Board of Education and early-literacy advocate.

Sep 26, 2026

Civil Politics

Civil Politics

Civil Politics (9/25/26): Reading is Essential! A Discussion with Mike Moriarty

Sep 26 · 55m

Michael Dow
Michael DowHOST
20:04
My struggles were with math, not with English.
Mike Moriarty
Mike MoriartyGUEST
20:08
I always called my choice to go to law school just massive attempt at math avoidance.
Mike Moriarty
Mike MoriartyGUEST
20:17
I'm with you, brother.
Mike Moriarty
Mike MoriartyGUEST
20:19
So going back to the law, now districts on a very short time frame do need to either obtain a qualified curriculum, and the state has a process called Curate for doing that.
Mike Moriarty
Mike MoriartyGUEST
20:34
Again, we've done a lot of antecedent work.
Mike Moriarty
Mike MoriartyGUEST
20:36
And this is part of Chapter 113.
Mike Moriarty
Mike MoriartyGUEST
20:38
That's correct.

26 MINS LATER

Michael Dow
Michael DowHOST
46:29
Because that means nearly half are struggling

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