BOSTON – The number of students waiting for a place in a charter school declined slightly this academic year, but still numbers about 34,000, the state Department of Elementary and Secondary Education said Thursday.
The 8 percent drop reflects late admission offers and new-seat lotteries during summer or early fall months, the department said, adding that the latest figure is a more accurate number.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's plans for a history-making trip to Cuba drew hopeful cheers in Havana on Thursday but equally emphatic condemnation from many U.S. lawmakers and Republican presidential candidates, who accused the president of rewarding a "dictatorial regime."
Jeb Bush called the plans "appalling." Florida Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, born in Havana, deemed Obama'sMarch 21-22 visit "absolutely shameful." New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez — a member of Obama's party — accused him of ceding U.S. leverage to the communist nation 90 miles south of Florida.
