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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

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Charter school expansion unlikely to come up, DeLeo says

BOSTON – With Memorial Day weekend around the corner and just two full months of formal sessions left for the Massachusetts Legislature, Speaker Robert DeLeo, who controls the agenda in the state House of Representatives, on Wednesday questioned the propriety of expending time and effort trying to pass a bill expanding

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Poll shows support for adding charters, rejecting legal pot

BOSTON – Among potential ballot measures that may go before voters in November, raising the cap on charter schools won the most support in a recently released survey of Massachusetts voters. The proposed initiative asks voters to allow the creation of up to 12 new charter schools each year, with emphasis

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The most diverse Massachusetts high schools

MALDEN – Malden High School and Cambridge Rindge & Latin school are the most racially and ethnically diverse public high schools in Massachusetts, while religiously affiliated schools are among the most diverse private schools in the Bay State, according to reports released by the education research website Niche. At Malden High

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Chairs agree accord on charter schools ‘unlikely’

STATE HOUSE — It's unlikely that the Massachusetts House and Senate will be able to agree on a charter school expansion bill that would prompt charter school proponents to drop a proposed ballot question, key lawmakers told school committee members on Tuesday. The ballot question calls for the addition

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Charter expansion backed by Bay State majority, poll shows

BOSTON – A slim majority of voters support expanding the cap on charter schools in Massachusetts, a new poll shows. The survey from the Western New England University Polling Institute suggests a proposed ballot question to allow up to 12 new charter schools or expansions each year would pass, if it

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Charters haven’t bled funds from Boston schools, study shows

BOSTON – Criticism that charter schools divert money away from Boston's district schools obscures what has actually occurred, according to a study from an independent research organization, deflating a rallying cry used by opponents of expanding the number of the privately run, publicly funded institutions in the city. But

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School choice: Fig leaf of the pro-Common Core Right

A recent report by the conservative Heritage Foundation suggests that the best way to fight the controversial Common Core educational standards is to oppose the "centralization of education." The report tells dissident parents that the best way to fight Common Core and improve schools is to promote "