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Global Learning names downtown campus for Jacobs family
NEW BEDFORD — It was pure accident Global Learning Charter Public School founders modeled their venture on a San Diego school started by the family of a for
Read MoreWhere district schools falter, state should add more charters
CHARTER SCHOOLS started as an experiment, but over the last two decades, the innovative academies, which operate independently of local school committees and teachers’ unions, have become an established source of new strategies.
Read MoreEducation advocates seek to eliminate charter school cap in MA
Three years ago, state lawmakers raised the cap on the number of public charter schools allowed to operate in Massachusetts, now education advocates want to eliminate the cap altogether.
Read MoreBoston Charter Schools: Give The People What They Want
Something you hear a lot from charter school opponents is that they’d be OK with charters if the schools more consistently produced gains for students. Yet in places that have done a good job with charter quality the opposition from special interests remains.
Read MoreWhy Wouldn’t Boston Want More Charter Schools?
There’s news today in the Globe that a group of advocates is pushing the state to abolish its limit
Read MoreMenino, at State House, Pushes City-Controlled Charter Schools
The education charter school debate is raging at the State House and Boston Mayor Tom Menino is weighing in.
Read MoreBill would loosen cap on Mass. charter schools
BOSTON (AP) - The Legislature’s Education Committee was urged on Tuesday to support further efforts to strengthen oversight of struggling public schools and narrow the achievement gap between students in urban and wealthier suburban school districts.
Push To Expand Charter Schools
Depending upon your view, charter schools are the key to improving public education in America, including here in Massachusetts.
Read More66 percent support more charter schools
Charter school proponents on Monday morning were promoting new poll results showing voters in the Boston area support lifting caps on the number of charter schools by a nearly three to one margin.
Read MoreHow facility funding fails charter schools
When the Ortonville Montessori charter school outside of Flint, Michigan, offered to buy a vacant building from the Brandon school district for $100,000, district officials weighed whether it made more fiscal sense to take the money now or demolish the building as planned and avoid losing possibl
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