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STATE HOUSE — A controversial bill tying an increase in the cap on charter school enrollment with significant new funding for all types of public education passed the Senate on Thursday, but not before senators added a controversial local control measure to a bill already unpopular with charter school advocates. The
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Mayor Marty Walsh (D) considers access to quality education, especially for underprivileged children, his greatest responsibility. As the son of immigrant parents who worked hard to send him to good schools, Walsh witnessed firsthand both the challenges and benefits of different types of schools in the Boston area. After taking
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STATE HOUSE — An amendment mirroring Gov. Charlie Baker's approach to charter school expansion failed in the Massachusetts Senate on a 5-30 vote Thursday afternoon. Arguing instead for legislation tying charter school expansion to major increases in overall public education spending, Sen. Karen Spilka told her colleagues that a
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BOSTON — Senate President Stanley Rosenberg on Monday described to a breakfast crowd of union leaders his vision of how the Senate's work on education, transportation and housing issues is laying the groundwork for a debate over adding a "millionaire tax" to the state constitution. In discussing
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BOSTON — A vote on a surtax aimed at people who earn $1 million or more won't occur until May 18 at the earliest, after Beacon Hill lawmakers recessed a Constitutional Convention without taking up the measure Wednesday. The tax increase, in the form of a ballot proposal to
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With the support of Gov. Charlie Baker, Lakeville state Rep. Keiko Orrall narrowly defeated incumbent Chanel Prunier in Monday's election for Republican National Committeewoman of Massachusetts, according to MassLive.com. The final vote of the members of the Massachusetts state GOP: Orrall 41, Prunier 37.
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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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BOSTON (AP) — Boston Marathon Bombing: The Play? It sounds improbable, but "Finish Line: The Untold Stories of the 2013 Boston Marathon" opens Thursday with a simple mission — to tell the stories of bravery, resilience and recovery through the eyes of people who lived them.
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