charter schools

http://boston.com/community/blogs/rock_the_schoolhouse/2012/02/a_halfhearted_school_budget.html You know you’re in for trouble when a school district with major graduation and dropout rates problems announces a new budget and leads with the hiring of five new nurses.  That is not the definition of urgency. The big new Boston...

http://www.sentinelandenterprise.com/local/ci_19805585 FITCHBURG — Supporters of the North Central Charter Essential School were  prepared to travel to Malden this morning to ask the state Board of Elementary  and Secondary Education to renew the school’s five-year charter with no  conditions. Education Commissioner Mitchell Chester...

http://www.lowellsun.com/oped/ci_19584224 February will be decision time for another round of Massachusetts  charter-school applications. In 2012, the focus will be on “Gateway Cities” —  middle-sized cities outside the Boston area. As part of a successful bid to win federal grants, state leaders last...

HIGHER STATE CHARTER CAPS A SMALL STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION New Study Finds Vague Language, Bureaucracy and Focus on Compliance Likely to Open the Door to More Political Interference, Limit Effectiveness Contact Jamie Gass at 617-723-2277 ext. 210, or jgass@pioneerinst.wpengine.com Charter...