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More Charter Schools? The Massachusetts Vote and the National Debate

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Channel: Harvard Graduate School of Education · 2016 · Education

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Voters will face a decision this November regarding charter school caps – whether or not to authorize up to 12 new charter schools or expand enrollment in existing Massachusetts charter schools beginning as early as January 2017. Will a “yes” vote harm mainstream schools and undermine their funding? What other opportunities are there for parents stuck on charter school waiting lists? Will this decision influence the future of charter schools nationwide? This referendum has attracted national attention in the heated controversy about the future of charter schools in the U.S. public school education system. How do taxpayers/voters determine what’s best to keep mainstream school systems healthy while looking out for what’s best for individual children? Join us as proponents and opponents square off on the merits of charter school expansion in this inaugural of the Askwith Debates.

NOTE: Seating is first come, first seated.

Participants:

Tito Jackson, District 7 city councilor and chairman, Committee on Education, Boston City Council
Marc Kenen, executive director, Massachusetts Charter Public School Association
Michael Robinson, former charter parent; current parent, Mansfield Public Schools; lead consultant, Collaborative Consulting
LaTasha Sarpy, charter parent, Brooke Charter School, Mattapan; associate professor, Behavioral Sciences Department, Bunker Hill Community College
Moderator: Paul Reville, Francis Keppel Professor of Practice of Educational Policy and Administration, HGSE

This event will be live streamed at http://www.gse.harvard.edu.

This debate is part of HUBweek, a creative festival founded by the Boston Globe, Harvard University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Massachusetts General Hospital to celebrate innovation at the intersection of art, science, and technology.

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