Metco Program

The Metropolitan Council for Educational Opportunity, or METCO program, has successfully educated thousands of students for 56 years, but several minor changes could make it even better, according to a new study published by Pioneer Institute.

The Metropolitan Council for Educational Opportunity, or METCO program, has successfully educated thousands of students for 56 years, but several minor changes could make it even better, according to a new study published by Pioneer Institute.

The recent 50th anniversary of the Metropolitan Council for Educational Opportunity (METCO) has drawn attention to the program, which gives about 3,300 Boston and Springfield students the chance to attend high-performing suburban schools, and to findings from two Pioneer Institute studies about...

http://www.wbur.org/2012/05/24/romney-education BOSTON — Calling it the “civil rights issue of our era,” presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney shifted the discussion in the 2012 presidential race from the economy to education, laying out his education platform to a group of Latino business owners...