Boston Globe’s James Vaznis wrote an interesting article, “In an unusual move, Conservatory Lab Charter School seeks to join Boston Public Schools.” My first reaction is “why would they want to do this considering they were just approved … [Read more...]
Massachusetts Senate…KEEPING THE CHARTER CAP!
To amuse myself this month I have been following Pioneer Institute’s “lift the charter cap” road show which began with a trial run commentary by Chieppo and Gas at, of all places, the Providence Journal. Pioneer has been touring the cloud … [Read more...]
Suit Aims To Block Charter
The Globe today reports on the suit to stop the charter in Gloucester. http://tinyurl.com/28j8psz Updated article from the Gloucester Daily times with more details. http://tinyurl.com/2689f4w … [Read more...]
Gloucester Parents Group Sues over Charter
From the Gloucester Daily Times: http://tiny.cc/a0fxh A group of Gloucester public school students' parents today filed a lawsuit aimed at overturning what they allege was an illegal approval of a local charter school that will harm the … [Read more...]
Councilor Connolly Goes Public on Schools
On the way to becoming a lawyer, he taught in a tough NYC school and then in a Boston charter one. He still believes in charters, not as the salvation but as proving grounds for prototypes to replicate.As well as the details of budgets, … [Read more...]
Chartergate’s Reville has played politics with charter approvals in the past
From today's worcester telegram: Whatever Mr. Reville intended by his Feb. 5 e-mail, influencing a charter decision on any grounds but the merits of a proposal is improper per se. Moreover, it is not the first time that Mr. Reville has done … [Read more...]