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Massachusetts: Charter Lawsuit Will Not Fix the Achievement Gap
Boston Public Library
Some Massachusetts students compete with the best other countries can offer In order to understand why I turned to a Watchdog.org article in which a spokesman for the Massachusetts Department of Education described its system. Then, I dug some more.
Massachusetts adopted high standards in 1993. They resisted much of Florida’s accountability system, but students do test annually. It is how Massachusetts does and does not use test scores that is interesting. The demographics of the state’s population are also telling. The lawsuit is pointless. Get to know more about Massachusetts….
Charter School Bill: Fill Unmet Needs
Senator Clemens has filed SB 252, and it specifies that charter schools must fill an unmet need that public schools do not or are unable to meet.
This is such a rationale, common sense bill. It is also the League’s first consensus statement from our statewide study. Three cheers!
Florida Legislators Target School Districts
Legislation
Boy, did I fail to read the fine print on SB 830. This is an anti local school district bill that would authorize the State Board of Education to grant charters instead of local school boards. In an earlier post, I commended Senator Stargel for not allowing charters to discriminate in admissions against students with poor academic records. Further down in the bill, I see why she did so. This is a major attack.
Citizens for Strong Schools Coming to Trial
It is the middle of the night here, and I am thinking about the day I just spent in Orlando. I went with a representative from Southern Legal Counsel to help raise support and awareness about the lawsuit they are pursuing for Florida’s public schools. The firm has three attorneys who now are working pro bono and non stop to prepare for the March 15th, 2016 trial in Tallahassee.
The firm has only 3 1/2 attorneys. This means that they cannot take on new fee based cases on which the firm depends. They are raising donations to help pay expenses for the trial. They need your help! If you or someone you know can donate, please send a check or go online to their website and donate.
These three people are working for us. They have been at it since 2009. This case has gone on that long because they had to go to the State Supreme Court just to get the right to go to trial.
The website is: http://www.southernlegal.org/index.php/quality-education/ There is a donate button at the bottom of the page.
I am not a fund raiser at heart, and the League as an organization does not raise money for lawsuits. I am, however, as an individual sending another check tomorrow. I hope some of you can as well. It does not have to be a large amount, there just have to be a lot of you who send help.
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