Marty Walz a loss on Beacon Hill
February 7, 2013 | The Boston Globe
Marty Walz delivered her final address in the House chamber Wednesday. She’s leaving to become chief executive of the Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts.
Don’t quit on dropouts
September 24, 2011 | The Boston Globe
The state legislation, proposed by Representative Martha Walz, a Back Bay Democrat, is far more comprehensive. It calls for raising the dropout age gradually to allow school districts to develop strategies for teaching kids who have given up on traditional classrooms.
Editorial: For Mass., reform bears fruit
August 26, 2010 | The Boston Globe
It was a tough fight, indeed, and the many proponents — of whom Governor Patrick, Secretary of Education Paul Reville, and the two chairs of the legislative committees, state Representative Martha Walz and state Senator Robert O’Leary, were only the most visible — deserve credit.