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STATE HOUSE — Arguing that the debate over expanding access to charter schools in Massachusetts has been characterized by misinformation and misleading statements, charter supporters on Friday launched a new campaign they say debunks myths about the schools. The center of the "Fact Check: Public Charter Schools in Massachusetts"
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Days after his critics alleged that he's overly focused on charter schools, Gov. Charlie Baker on Friday plans to join others who favor more charters to launch a "fact check" campaign. Charter proponents and opponents in Massachusetts have engaged in a bitter debate for years, looking
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BOSTON – Local school officials directly challenged Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker's commitment to traditional public education on Tuesday, confronting him over his administration's focus on expanding access to public charter schools and drawing a strong rebuke from the governor. Baker's budget proposal for next year
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STATE HOUSE — Leadership of the Massachusetts Teachers Association has vowed to fight a ballot initiative to expand charter schools with everything it has, but the issue has exposed strife within the union heading into new leadership elections in May. The MTA Board of Directors over the weekend backed away from
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BOSTON – Massachusetts school districts should be allowed to pursue charter schools if they want, Speaker Robert DeLeo told his colleagues in the House of Representatives Wednesday, stirring up an issue in his annual address to the House that has been mired in the Senate where charters are viewed with skepticism.
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STATE HOUSE — Facing the pressure of a ballot question and without a guarantee that he can wrestle enough support for charter school expansion, Senate President Stanley Rosenberg said Wednesday that a new group of senators will try to write a charter school reform bill that could clear that branch later
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BOSTON — Advocates in favor of lifting the legislative cap on the number of charter schools allowed to operate in Massachusetts swarmed Beacon Hill on Tuesday to lobby lawmakers and received an assist from Gov. Charlie Baker in the process. Clutching an oversized binder stuffed with the signatures of 25,000
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BOSTON – Senate President Stanley Rosenberg touched a nerve on Monday when he painted a bleak picture of the prospect of advancing a bill to increase the number of charter schools through the Senate this year, but his read of fellow senators jibes with what supporters of expansion are hearing from
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