Massachusetts Charter Public School Association

Our mission is to serve, support, and advocate for Massachusetts charter public schools as they strive to achieve the goals of their charters.

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Boston Globe Magazine Explores Boston's Charter Public Schools Successes, with a Special Focusing on Roxbury Preparatory Charter School

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Martin Luther King, Jr. Charter School Receives Donation of 12 new "Smartboards"

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Boston Globe: Teachers, Public Sharply Divided on Key Issues

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Boston Globe: Charter Applications Up

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Department of Elementary and Secondary Education Receives 42 New Charter School Prospectuses

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Boston Globe: Surge in charter school requests

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Boston Herald Editorial: Simple Lesson on Charter Schools

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Boston Globe: Charter Schools Seeking to Expand

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Boston Globe: Must Win School Jackpot

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Eagle Tribune Editorial: Don't Undermine Charter School Funding

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Boston Globe Editorial: The Senate Makes Mischief

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Eagle-Tribune: Funding Change Could Jeopardize Local Charter Schools

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Worcester Telegram Editorial: Funding Fairness

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Cape Cod Times: Budget Proposal Threatens Sturgis Charter School

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Newsweek's 2010 America's Best High Schools List: Two Massachusetts charter public high schools are in the top 50; Sturgis Public Charter School, ranking 28th, and MATCH, ranking 49th.

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Boston Herald Editorial: Leave Well Enough Alone

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Boston Globe: Charter Schools Gain Edge from Hours, Says Study

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Boston Globe Editorial: We Need it, But Who'll Pay for a Longer School Day

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Editorial by Paul Grogan, CEO The Boston Foundation, in the Boston Herald: Head of the Class, Bay State's Model to Follow on Charters

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Boston Globe Editorial, A Change of Heart on Education, Supports Charters

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Daily Hampshire Gazette: Pioneering Charter School

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Worcester Telegram and Gazette: Charter Challenge, Districts Should Look to Improve Themselves

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State Education Commissioner Withdraws Approval for Lynn Charter School at Last Minute

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They're graduating to traditional digs; Charter schools aim for normalcy

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Boston Public Charter Schools Launch Recruiting Drive Aimed at Attracting More Non-English Speaking Students.

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Boston Globe: Group Lambastes Mass. Curbs on Charter Schools; Warns Restrictions Jeopardize US Aid

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Tighten up charter process, but keep Gloucester school.

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No Grounds to Reconsider Gloucester Charter

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Boston Globe: Poverty Needn't be Barrier to Learning

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Boston Herald: Note to Politicians and Teachers: Schools are for our Kids

Read MoreBoston Globe Editorial Supports Two Charter Public School Proponents for Boston School Committee.

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Boston Globe Editorial: Don't succumb to status quo; turn failing schools around

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Chronicle Program Talks About Charter Public Schools and Highlights City on a Hill Charter School.

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Independent Research

Out of the Debate and Into the Schools: Comparing Practices and Strategies in Traditional, Pilot and Charter Schools in the City of Boston.

Follow-up report to Informing the Debate: Comparing Boston's Charter, Pilot and Traditional Schools. Prepared for The Boston Foundation by the American Institues of Research.


Innovations In Education: Supporting Charter School Excellence Through Quality Authorizing

US DOE report on best practices of charter school authorizers highlights Massachusetts.


How New York City’s Charter Schools Affect Achievement

The New York City Charter Schools Evaluation Project, led by Caroline M. Hoxby, National Bureau of Economic Research and Stanford University.


Race to the Top for Charter Schools; Which States Have What It Takes to Win

Environment for charters in Massachusetts becoming less hospitable according to the Center for Education Reform.


Informing the Debate: Comparing Boston's Charter, Pilot and Traditional Schools

Harvard/MIT Study, shows Boston charters significantly outperform pilot and traditional district schools.


Incomplete Grade: Massachusetts Education Reform at 15

MassInc report calls for raising the charter cap.

 
School News
Boston Renaissance to Expand Chinese Language and Culture Program for K-6 Students With $1.3 Million Federal Grant

MATCH School Offers Roadmap for Educational Progress, post by Rick Lord of the Associated Industries of Massachusetts (AIM)

Boston Conservatory Lab Charter School: New Music Program Starting Based on Venezuelan El Sistema Program.

Boston Renaissance Charter School's Choir, Voices of Renaissance, featured in Boston Globe column.

South Shore Charter Public School wins "America's Greenest School" Contest!

Martin Luther King Jr. Charter School of Excellence featured in NY Times Story


Community Day Charter Public School recognized by New Leaders for New Schools' Effective Practice Incentive Community (EPIC) program. (PDF)


Community Day Charter Public School: Students Win Prestigious Scholastic Writing Awards


City on a Hill: Teaching Fellowship Program Highlighted in Boston Globe.


Benjamin Banneker Charter Public School- Federal Stimulus Money Used to Team with Princeton Review to Provide Tutoring to Students In Need.

 

 

Events

Save the Date:
November 17, 2010 - Massachusetts Charter School Leadership Summit

February 4, 2011 - Massachusetts Instructional Forum

For more information and registration please visit the Massachusetts Center for Charter Public School Excellence (MCCPSE) at http://mccpse.org/

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Marc's Blog

As summer is winding down, things are picking up on the charter school front. The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) announced in a press release

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Beating the Odds: Inside Five Urban Charter Schools

Click Here to view an introductory clip of this newly produced video highlighting the success of 5 urban MA charter public schools.