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MASSACHUSETTS CHARTER PUBLIC SCHOOL ASSOCIATION STATEMENT IN SUPPORT OF BOSTON MAYOR WALSH’S REBUKE OF PRESIDENT TRUMP ON SANCTUARY CITIES
CONTACT: Dominic Slowey
Mass. Charter Public School Assoc.
781-710-0014
MASSACHUSETTS CHARTER PUBLIC SCHOOL ASSOCIATION STATEMENT IN SUPPORT OF BOSTON MAYOR WALSH’S REBUKE OF PRESIDENT TRUMP ON SANCTUARY CITIES
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Nominees for secretary of education have typically breezed through confirmation by the Senate with bipartisan approval.
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The Bay State's biggest fans of charter schools are refusing to support the billionaire and aggressive charter school advocate President-elect Donald Trump has chosen to serve as U.S. education secretary.
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Public education was not much of an issue during the 2016 presidential campaign — but it sure is now as opposition grows to the Senate confirmation of Michigan billionaire Betsy DeVos, President-elect Donald Trump’s education secretary nominee, who once called the U.S.
Read MoreFinalists for 2017 National Teacher of the Year Come From Creative Backgrounds
Every state has picked its top teacher for 2017, an honor that allows bright educators to take a yearlong sabbatical in which they travel to schools across the state, headline conferences and panels, write op-eds about issues the they care about, and get some face time with policymakers.
Read MoreLetter to Elizabeth Warren Expressing Concerns Over the Nomination of Betsy DeVos as U.S. Secretary of Education
January 9, 2017
Honorable Elizabeth Warren, United States Senator for Massachusetts 2400 JFK Federal Building
15 New Sudbury Street
Boston, MA 02203
Dear Senator Warren,
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Principals representing three models of education— public, private, and charter schools— participated in a cross-sector conversation earlier this month on Dec. 16 about what schools need to do to provide rigorous academic instruction to all students regardless of background or achievement.
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