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Category Archives: Massachusetts Education Reform
UPDATE: How Long-Time Charter Funders Are Upping the Ante in Their Bid to Blow the Bay State’s Charter School Cap
On October 24, I posted the story below about dark money–much of it from out-of-state–flowing into Massachusetts to support a “yes” vote on a pro-charter-school ballot question known as Question 2. In the days just before the election, those funds … Continue reading
Back to the Future in the Bay State: Why Brockton May Have A Case for A New School-Funding Lawsuit
Brockton, a down-at-the-heels Massachusetts town, has been a bell weather of education reform for more than a quarter of a century, ever since it spearheaded a class-action lawsuit charging inequitable school funding, which served as a catalyst for the state’s … Continue reading
Posted in Brockton, MA, Charter Schools, Education, Massachusetts Education Reform
Tagged ballot initiative, Brockton, brockton high, Cape Verde, charter schools, equity funding, equity school, Gov. Charlie Baker, Haiti, lawsuit, Level One, low income, NAEP, New Heights Charter School, Question Two, refugees, sanctuary cities, Senator Stan Rosenberg, Sharon Wolder, Systemic bias
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UPDATE: Brockton’s Charter Fiasco Continues As Controversial School Prepares to Leave Town
After multiple construction snafus that kept a controversial charter school from opening in Brockton, MA, the commissioner of Massachusetts public schools granted conditional approval yesterday for the school to temporarily move to a site in Norwood, 22 miles away from … Continue reading
Brockton’s Charter Fiasco Continues As Controversial School Prepares to Leave Town
A controversial charter school that was approved for Brockton, MA against overwhelming local opposition is now preparing to leave Brockton. The New Heights Charter School is now awaiting approval from Mitchell Chester, the commissioner of Massachusetts public schools, to move … Continue reading
Another Snafu At Controversial Bay State Charter
For the second time this month, construction has stopped on the controversial New Heights Charter School in Brockton, MA. Yesterday, the city of Brockton slapped a bright orange “stop work violation” order on the outside of the school’s new location … Continue reading
Bay State Charter Campaign Gets A Black Eye in Brockton: New Heights Charter Unlikely to Open on Main St.
The controversial New Heights Charter School won’t be moving into the space above the tuxedo-rental store and shuttered bridal shop on Main St., in downtown Brockton, MA., this September. “They are not moving in; not coming into this building,” says … Continue reading
Posted in Brockton, MA, Business, Charter Schools, Education, Massachusetts Education Reform
Tagged Brockton, brockton high, Charlie Baker, Jim Peyser, John Kerry, John Marien, Mitchell Chester, New Heights Charter School, Omari Walker, referendum, Sharon Wolder, Sue Szachowicz, Sue Szachowicz Tuxedos by Marien, Swift boat
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