Citizens for Public Schools, in cooperation with other education organizations, is organizing a series of six public forums across the state where parents, teachers, students, and other people concerned with our public schools can come together to discuss three fundamental questions:
1. What should students know and be able to do by the time they graduate from high school?
2. How should students demonstrate their readiness to graduate?
3. What should high school look like to prepare students for your recommended graduation requirements?
The first of the series will be Wednesday, April 30 at 6pm at Cambridge Rindge and Latin School. (Register here. Download flyer, in English and Spanish, here.)
The meetings follow on the approval of Question 2 last November when Massachusetts voters decisively rejected the one-size-fits-all MCAS graduation requirement, 59 to 41 percent. The margin was widest in our less affluent, more racially diverse cities and towns like Springfield, New Bedford, and Pittsfield. → Read More