State ed board chair gifted Akamai stock to family fund that supports charters

STATE HOUSE — Paul Sagan, a journalist turned technology executive who was tapped in 2015 by Gov. Charlie Baker to chair the Massachusetts Board of Education, stepped into the middle of the fierce election battle over charter schools this summer when he made a sizable donation to the proponents of expansion. The contribution generated bias allegations from anti-charter school advocates and calls for his resignation given his position as an evaluator of charter schools and their license applicat

STATE HOUSE — Paul Sagan, a journalist turned technology executive who was tapped in 2015 by Gov. Charlie Baker to chair the Massachusetts Board of Education, stepped into the middle of the fierce election battle over charter schools this summer when he made a sizable donation to the proponents of expansion. The contribution generated bias allegations from anti-charter school advocates and calls for his resignation given his position as an evaluator of charter schools and their license applicat…