Sentences with phrase «against the charter school cap»
Students have also asked courts to strike down barriers to choice, such as a lawsuit against the charter school cap in Massachusetts.
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Citing stances the Senators have taken detrimental to the cause of working people, the flyers highlight: Protecting a failed tax system that favors the privileged at the expense of working people; increasing the tax on health insurance; siding with big corporations and against teachers and students to pass a Charter School Bill - with no real reform; creating a new Tier V pension; and attacking education by supporting an irresponsible property tax cap.
If charter schools were having no impact on student achievement, if such schools were merely selecting better students, then it would be an easy choice to vote against the charter cap increase.
If charter schools were discriminating against English language learners and special education students, many voters would likewise find it easy to oppose the charter cap increase.
The question was defeated with 62 % voting against the measure and 38 % voting in favor of lifting the cap and allowing more charter schools in Massachusetts.
«Our organization and other organizations that we're working with are not against lifting the charter - school cap.
On Tuesday, November 8, 2016 (Election Day 2016), Massachusetts voters will have to opportunity to cast their vote in favor or against Question 2, a referendum that would lift the cap on the number of charter schools allowed in Massachusetts.
The diversion of millions of dollars from traditional public schools is one reason the New England Conference of the NAACP and the Massachusetts Lawyer's Committee filed a motion against the effort to lift the cap on the number of charter schools in Massachusetts.
The article is centered around secretary of education John King who speaks against «arbitrary» caps on charter schools and in support of greater state accountability.