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June 27, 2003

Charter Schools: A Matter of Choice

In defense of charter schools...

Boston Globe Online: A matter of choice

A couple of weeks ago Milton Academy held its annual commencement. The graduation speaker was Bill Clinton. His speaking fee would be out of the range of just about any high school, public or private, but he spoke to Milton as a favor to a former aide with a child in the graduating class.


The next day, the Academy of the Pacific Rim held its commencement, its first. You've never heard of its speakers. In fact, it's doubtful that you have ever heard of the academy itself, a charter school in Hyde Park. Its signature requirement is that each of its students graduate speaking Mandarin Chinese.

In its way, each of these schools represents a form of school choice. But one of those choices, and you can guess which one, is under siege at the State House.

If many legislators get their way, there will soon be a moratorium on charter schools, the experimental public schools that are free of a lot of the bureaucracy governing traditional schools - and free to try other approaches.

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Posted by Lance Brown at June 27, 2003 07:33 PM | TrackBack
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