Brockton, MA is home to one of the best urban high schools in the country. But instead of celebrating that success, state officials are considering a massive, for-profit charter school here.
A Massachusetts city says ‘no thanks’ to a for-profit charter school chain.
By Nancy Bloom, EduShyster Academy
Nearly 300 people packed a recent hearing to determine the fate of the public school system in Brockton, Mass. The bulk of the crowd belonged to the system’s defenders; students, parents, elected officials, teachers and union leaders lined up to urge members of the state board of education to reject a proposed charter school. SABIS ®, the for-profit chain behind the school, had a few supporters too—mostly men in suits—but it wasn’t their night.
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