Charter school cap debate a heated, Boston-centric affair

BOSTON — City Councilor Tito Jackson and former Democratic state Rep. Marty Walz engaged in what was at times a heated debate Tuesday over Question 2, which will ask voters state-wide this November whether to lift the cap on public charter schools. Although the impact of the November vote will be felt across the state, the debate held on the campus of the University of Massachusetts Boston was noticeably Boston-centric.  When Jackson argued that the ballot question represents an unfunded mandat

BOSTON — City Councilor Tito Jackson and former Democratic state Rep. Marty Walz engaged in what was at times a heated debate Tuesday over Question 2, which will ask voters state-wide this November whether to lift the cap on public charter schools. Although the impact of the November vote will be felt across the state, the debate held on the campus of the University of Massachusetts Boston was noticeably Boston-centric.  When Jackson argued that the ballot question represents an unfunded mandat…