Baker calls again for charter expansion, opioid abuse solution

BOSTON – Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker used his first State of the State speech to appeal for bipartisanship in solving ongoing challenges in agencies such as the MBTA and the Department of Children and Families, while reiterating a call for the expansion of charter schools. "Giving parents in underperforming districts more opportunity to choose a better school is nothing less than any of us would demand for our own children," Baker said in his prepared text. "More than 40,000 kids – most fr

BOSTON – Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker used his first State of the State speech to appeal for bipartisanship in solving ongoing challenges in agencies such as the MBTA and the Department of Children and Families, while reiterating a call for the expansion of charter schools. "Giving parents in underperforming districts more opportunity to choose a better school is nothing less than any of us would demand for our own children," Baker said in his prepared text. "More than 40,000 kids – most fr…