See the letter to Governor Deval Patrick from CPS’s co-chairs asking that he use his powers to rescind the charter granted under “indefensible circumstances in Gloucester. → Read More
Archives for February 2010
Save March 4 for CPS Annual Meeting
February 9, 2010 by
SAVE THE DATE – March 4, 2010
Please join us for our annual meeting, an event to honor community leaders and elect officers.
Citizens for Public Schools: Promoting Excellence and Equity in Education
Thursday, March 4, 2010, 5 – 7 p.m.
Refreshments will be served.
Location: Unitarian-Universalist Headquarters, 25 Beacon St., Boston
Activists for Public Schools Awards to be presented.
Click the “Donate Now” button to register and buy tickets. → Read More
“Closing Schools Solves Nothing,” by Diane Ravitch
February 3, 2010 by
[Posted with permission from Diane Ravitch.]
Although Diane Ravitch writes about school closings and charter conversions in NYC, her observations are relevant to Massachusetts and all states that have “raced to the trough” and lifted charter caps to get a short-term federal grant.
The headline “Closing Schools Solves Nothing,” expresses a profound problem with this process. If you have any doubt that this is relevant to us here in Massachusetts, talk to someone who’s been at recent Board of Elementary and Secondary Education meetings, where the consequences of the charter school experiment are written on the faces of parents confronted with a huge disruption in their children’s lives. Personally, I’ve never understood why it’s presented as a positive that charters can be shut down if they’re failing. Then what?
Diane points out who wins and who loses in this brave new world
This essay is part of an excellent ongoing dialogue between Diane Ravitch and Deborah Meier called “Building Bridges” and published regularly on the Education Week web site. → Read More
