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Mayor Claims Prospective New Charter School’s Purported Ties To Turkish Cleric Are Troubling
The mayor of West Springfield, Massachusetts doesn't like the prospect of a new charter school opening in his city because…
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News and analysis on charter schools, including education policy, school choice, funding, academic performance, teachers, students, expansion efforts, and debates over charter education in Massachusetts and across America.
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Guess Who’s Right About Charter Schools?
Lost earlier this month amid gripping stories of plunging temperatures and plundering wire taps was the news that Boston charter schools received…
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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…
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Poll results indicate most voters support charter cap, marijuana legalization
BOSTON — Results of a new poll released this week may shed light on the direction voters will go regarding a series of…
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Baker dismisses criticism of education board’s donation to charter group
STATE HOUSE — Gov. Charlie Baker called the controversy over a $100,000 donation made by Board of Elementary and Secondary Education Chairman…
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Pro-charter school campaign launches new TV ad
The campaign supporting a ballot question to allow additional charter schools in Massachusetts on Tuesday launched a new television ad aimed at…
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Hundreds of new charter school seats pitched to Ed Dept.
As the ballot question campaign to expand charter school access heats up, six groups have proposed opening new charter schools in Massachusetts…
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DeLeo: Charter proposal never should have reached ballot
STATE HOUSE — House Speaker Robert DeLeo said Tuesday he regrets not getting a charter school bill done and thinks the complex and…
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New waitlist numbers quickly stir charter school debate
STATE HOUSE — There are 32,646 Massachusetts students are on waitlists for admission to charter schools, according to updated figures released Thursday…
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Rosenberg sees charter debate at ‘dead stop’
Senate President Stanley Rosenberg conceded Monday something that many on Beacon Hill have assumed for weeks: the Senate's charter schools…
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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…
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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…
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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,…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Senators to meet, closing in on bill addressing charter schools
STATE HOUSE — Two months after Senate leaders committed themselves to trying to break through the hard-line positions of charter school expansion…
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Charter school expansion opponents plan ballot push
BOSTON – With proponents already investing heavily in a ballot campaign to knock down barriers to more charter schools, opponents of that proposal…
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‘Bathroom Bill,’ charter schools measure given more time
BOSTON – The so-called Bathroom Bill, a controversial measure to ensure public facilities access to transgender people, and a charter schools measure…
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Charter cap, Common Core weighed by lawmakers
BOSTON – A pair of hotly contested ballot proposals came in for some emotional testimony Monday during a public hearing hosted by the…
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Charter schools approved for Boston, Brockton and Springfield
BOSTON – New charter schools will open in Springfield and Brockton, while charter schools in Boston and Everett will be able to add…
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Charter waitlists shrink yet still number 34,000 students, state says
BOSTON – The number of students waiting for a place in a charter school declined slightly this academic year, but still numbers about…
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Baker, Peyser laud charter schools amid push for expansion
BOSTON – Recognizing two Boston area charter schools named as finalists for a $80,000 prize on Tuesday, Education Secretary James Peyser said…
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Charter school additions, expansion to be recommended
BOSTON – The state education commissioner next week will ask the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education to approve new charter schools in…
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Charter school camp launches ‘facts’ campaign
STATE HOUSE — Arguing that the debate over expanding access to charter schools in Massachusetts has been characterized by misinformation and misleading statements,…
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Baker to help launch informational campaign on charter schools
Days after his critics alleged that he's overly focused on charter schools, Gov. Charlie Baker on Friday plans to join…
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Mass. school leaders rap Baker on charter push
BOSTON – Local school officials directly challenged Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker's commitment to traditional public education on Tuesday, confronting him over…
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Charter school debate exposes tensions within teachers union
STATE HOUSE — Leadership of the Massachusetts Teachers Association has vowed to fight a ballot initiative to expand charter schools with everything it…
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Speaker DeLeo backs charter school options for districts
BOSTON – Massachusetts school districts should be allowed to pursue charter schools if they want, Speaker Robert DeLeo told his colleagues in the…
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Mass. senate to take up charter school reform
STATE HOUSE — Facing the pressure of a ballot question and without a guarantee that he can wrestle enough support for charter school…
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Flanked by Baker, charter school proponents lobby Beacon Hill lawmakers
BOSTON — Advocates in favor of lifting the legislative cap on the number of charter schools allowed to operate in Massachusetts swarmed Beacon…
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Charter backers in Senate agree with Rosenberg’s bleak outlook
BOSTON – Senate President Stanley Rosenberg touched a nerve on Monday when he painted a bleak picture of the prospect of advancing a…
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Galvin sends seven ballot proposals to lawmakers
BOSTON – Secretary of State Bill Galvin said seven initiative petition campaigns submitted enough certified voter signatures to meet the requirement for consideration…
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M.I.T. research finds special needs students benefit from charter school education
STATE HOUSE — Special education students and English language learners enrolled at charter schools are more likely to earn higher scores on the…
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Charter school opponents can’t hide from the data
Effective arguments are becoming harder to come by for charter school opponents. At first their big claim was that charters "siphon&…
