Here’s another piece of evidence that, among public schools, charters are better than “regular” or district schools. The state’s Education Commissioner Mitchell Chester is calling for revocation of the charter of the Robert M. Hughes charter school in Springfield for “pervasive, systemic cheating at the behest of adults on MCAS exams, reports the State House [...]
Posted in Massachusetts politics, Taylor Armerding on Dec 8th, 2009 View Comments
There was our former governor, Michael Dukakis, arguing this week against allowing casinos in Massachusetts. Yeah, he made passing reference to the moral case – we don’t need more addiction – but his real pitch was that the state could get the additional money it needs by repealing “worthless” tax exemptions. That’s some serious rhetorical [...]
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