Mass. Association of School Committees
The Board of Elementary and Secondary Education had their May meeting in Everett on May 21. The agenda is online
The Board of Elementary and Secondary Education met for their regular February meeting on February 27, 2024 at 9 am
The Board of Elementary and Secondary Education resumed their school year meeting schedule with a meeting on Tuesday, September 19,
MassBudget has released a great brief explaining how funding works for Charter Schools in Massachusetts and how it interacts with
At a recent Citizens for Public Schools Forum, MASC Past President and current Arlington School Committee member Paul Schlichtman gave a detailed presentation on the crippling financial impact of charter schools on public school districts and followed with a discussion on the status of the proposed charter school legislation currently under debate in the legislature and the pending ballot question.
MASC has released a statement on Senate Bill 2203, “The RISE Act”: Read the news release Here is the a
The following Massachusetts school committees have passed a resolution in opposition to MA Ballot Question #2, which would raise the charter school cap:
Citizens for Public Schools, a nonprofit education advocacy organization, has released an analysis of the charter school waitlist numbers showing
Need a useful guide to some of the key facts and fiction about Massachusetts charter schools? MASC’s new fact sheet uses data from the MASC Who is Being Served by Massachusetts Charter Schools? Report as well as State Auditor Suzanne Bump’s 2014 audit of DESE oversight of charters (pdf).
Massachusetts education advocate and parent John Lerner has an interesting perspective on the recently launched “Fact Check” website posted today on his blog. Lerner takes issue with the site’s claim that MA charters are the highest performing schools in the state, using BPS data to illustrate his point.