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Record Fine for Campaign-Finance Violation Sheds Light on Dark Money Donors to Bay State Charter Referendum
When the biggest backer of Massachusetts’s recent ballot initiative, which would have effectively eliminated the cap on charter schools, was slapped, this month, with a $426,466 fine for violating campaign finance laws—the biggest such violation in state history—the legal settlement … Continue reading →
Posted in Brockton, MA, Business, Charter Schools, Education, Massachusetts Education Reform
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Tagged Alice Walton Martin Mannion, Amanda Fernandez, Amos Hostetter, Barr Foundation, BESE, Chuck Longfield, Denise Dupre, Doris Fisher, Eric Schneiderman, Families for Excellent Schools, FESA, Gov. Charlie Baker, Great Schools Massachusetts, John and Doris Fisher, John Fisher, Jonathan Jacobson, Josh Bekenstein, KIPP, KIPP Mass, Mark Nunnelly, Martin West, Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, Massachusetts Office of Campaign and Political Finance, OCPF, Paul Sagan, Question 2, Seth Klarman
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How Long-Time Charter Funders Are Upping the Ante in Their Bid to Blow the Bay State’s Charter School Cap
This post highlights the work of Peggy Wiesenberg, an attorney and Access to Justice Fellow working with Quality Education for Every Student (QUEST), a grassroots organization of Boston Public School parents dedicated to promoting quality, equity and transparency in public … Continue reading →
Posted in Business, Charter Schools, Massachusetts Education Reform
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Tagged a venture capitalist and chairman of the Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, Abigail Johnson, Advancing Obama’s Legacy Frank Perullo Robert Kraft DFER Kraft Group New Schools Venture Fund Paul Sagan, Alice Walton, Amos Hostetter, Analog Devices, Barr Foundation, Campaign for Fair Access to Quality Public Schools, Charles Longfield, Charter Growth Fund, Charter Public School Association, Charter Public Schools Voter Education Fund, charter schools, Dark Money, Eli Broad, Expanding Educational Opportunities, Great Schools Massachusetts, Jim Peyser, Jim Walton, John Fischer, KIPP, Mark Nunnelly, New Profit Inc., Paul Edgerley, Question 2, Raymond Stata, Shari Redstone, Yes on 2
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