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The Real Impact of Charters on Education Equity, Accountability

February 12, 2014 by

The crowd that filled Madison Park High School’s Cardinal Hall on January 25 heard a wide-ranging, rich presentation on the impact of charter schools in Massachusetts. Parents, educators and advocates provided a multifaceted presentation on the charter schools, with several unifying themes.

 

KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Charters Foster Inequity – Winners and Losers

Keynote speaker Dr. Daniella Ann Cook, Assistant Professor in the Department of Instruction at the University of South Carolina, reported on her research into the transforming of the New Orleans Public Schools into, as of next year, the nation’s first all-charter system.

Cook said school reform is far more than a technical discussion of curriculum and instruction; it is always political, social and racial. She noted that charter proponents saw New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina as a “green field of opportunity,” a way to wipe away the existing system and put in place something entirely new. She noted that among those wiped away from this mostly black school system were black teachers (an issue that resonates in Boston).   → Read More

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Save Saturday, Jan. 25, for a CPS Charter School Forum

January 3, 2014 by
Have Charter Schools Broken Their Promises
to Parents, Students and the Community?
Come join us on Saturday, Jan. 25, at Madison Park High School, Cardinal Hall, for a forum and community discussion on charter schools in Massachusetts. (Click here to register now.) Massachusetts was the second state to authorize charter schools, under the Education Reform Act of 1993. Charter proponents made many promises: that all children would be welcome and would achieve at unprecedented levels; that charters would innovate and this would lead to improvements in traditional public schools as well. Eighty-one non-district charter schools are now open in Massachusetts, 25 of those in Boston. More than 31,000 students are enrolled.
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CPS Executive Director Marilyn Segal Retires

December 24, 2013 by

 

Dec. 24, 2013 — Longtime Executive Director Marilyn J. Segal has retired. “Marilyn has been Executive Director for more than 20 years, helping CPS transform from a coalition that was a committee of the Jewish Alliance for Law and Social Action (JALSA), to an independent organization in 2008,” said CPS President Ann O’Halloran. Prior to becoming CPS executive director, Segal was the legislative agent for the coalition.  CPS came together in 1982 to oppose a Massachusetts ballot question seeking to divert public tax dollars to private and religious schools.   → Read More

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CPS Joined 1,000s in Nationwide Day of Action

December 16, 2013 by

Citizens for Public Schools members joined hundreds in Boston and thousands across the country in a Day of Action to Reclaim the Promise of Public Education. Boston’s event,   “The Future of BPS: A Town Hall to Transform the Public Education Agenda in Boston,” was held at Madison Park High School, with 250 students, parents and teachers talking about what’s working and what can be improved in Boston Public Schools. The Day of Action was covered by NBC’s Andrea Mitchell in this segment.   → Read More

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CPS Presents Diane Ravitch Video Now Online

December 11, 2013 by

For anyone who missed Diane Ravitch’s powerful talk at Memorial Church in Cambridge on Oct. 24, we are pleased to say that Robert Lamothe’s video is now available online in three parts. Go to Bob’s YouTube page to watch and listen: Diane Ravitch video.   → Read More

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