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 proposed ballot question on charters would cost $1.5 billion over six years and affect 4 percent of students in Massachusetts.
Here's a parenting book you perhaps haven't heard of: The Kazdin Method for Parenting the Defiant Child. Not the most enticing title when you're glancing across the bookshelf. If you were to nevertheless decide to pick the book up, you might put it right back down; the cover image is just awkward. I feel like the Kazdin team could have benefited from some branding assistance. But "don't judge a book by its cover" fits here because it's actually a very helpful book.
