Boston Globe editorial, May 13, 2013 (excerpt)

Paul Grogan, president of the Boston Foundation, has it right: Education reform needs to move forward on two tracks. District schools need more of the autonomy and flexibility that has worked so well for charters.

Given the wide consensus that the 2010 law that added more charter schools and enacted further reforms has been a success, proposals to enhance its initiatives make sense.

Boston Herald editorial, May 8, 2013 (excerpt)

One [bill], sponsored by Sen. Barry Finegold (D-Andover) and Rep. Russell Holmes (D-Boston), would eliminate the [charter] cap in the lowest-performing school districts, part of a broader measure that would empower local school leaders to make needed changes in those schools.

That’s the bill that deserves the most attention — and swift passage.

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Closing the Achievement Gap in Massachusetts

The Race to the Top Coalition is a diverse group of business, community, civic and education leaders dedicated to closing the achievement gap in Massachusetts and improving outcomes for every student in the Commonwealth’s public schools.

The original coalition, convened in 2009, played a key role in passing An Act Relevant to the Achievement Gap, signed into law by Governor Deval Patrick in 2010—and was central to winning $250 million in Race to the Top stimulus funds from the federal government, placing first among all states in the country.

Today, the Coalition is focused on passing An Act to Further Narrow the Achievement Gap, which will eliminate the current cap on public charter schools, intervene in many more underperforming schools and promote other crucial innovations that will help to close the achievement gap in Massachusetts.