The Citizens' Choice: Raising the Cap on Charter Schools
October 27, 2016 - The Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate partnered with WGBH to present The Citizens' Choice: Raising the Cap on Charter Schools. This panel discussion explored both sides of Question 2 on the 2016 Massachusetts ballot, attempting to answer the question: would raising the cap on charter schools affect Massachusetts for better or for worse?
Jim Braude, host of WGBH’s Greater Boston moderated this panel discussion featuring Jessica Tang, Boston Teachers Union Director of Organizing; Chris Gabrieli, Chairman and CEO of Empower Schools, Chairman of the Massachusetts Board of Higher Education, and lecturer at Harvard’s Graduate School of Education; Michael Curry, President of the Boston branch of the NAACP; and Marty Walz, former Massachusetts State Representative and Principal at Marty Walz and Associates.
The Citizens' Choice: Raising the Cap on Charter Schools
October 27, 2016 - The Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate partnered with WGBH to present The Citizens' Choice: Raising the Cap on Charter Schools. This panel discussion explored both sides of Question 2 on the 2016 Massachusetts ballot, attempting to answer the question: would raising the cap on charter schools affect Massachusetts for better or for worse?
Jim Braude, host of WGBH’s Greater Boston moderated this panel discussion featuring Jessica Tang, Boston Teachers Union Director of Organizing; Chris Gabrieli, Chairman and CEO of Empower Schools, Chairman of the Massachusetts Board of Higher Education, and lecturer at Harvard’s Graduate School of Education; Michael Curry, President of the Boston branch of the NAACP; and Marty Walz, former Massachusetts State Representative and Principal at Marty Walz and Associates.