Word: charter
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...system of charter schools was authorizedunder the state's 1993 Education Reform Act.Schools are approved according to the followingcriteria: program quality, admissions policies,budget, curricula development and community need...
However, Simmons noted, the average cost isinflated by students with special needs whoconsume a disproportionate amount of resources.Because the charter schools will probably attractstudents with no special needs--who will thereforecost less than $10,000 to educate--the Cambridgeschools will be losing money by paying that amountfor them to attend, Simmons said...
...have no doubt that the school committee willsee that the charter school is in the schoolsystem's best interest. All of us put the childrenfirst," he said...
...facility, named for a notedeighteenth-century Black mathematician,astronomer, and scientist who built the firstwooden clock, brings the total number of statecharter schools to 21. Other schools includeAcademy of the Pacific Rim Charter School inBoston, which will focus on Pacific Rim culturesand languages, and charter schools in Chelmsfordand Martha's Vineyard...
...Each new charter school founded inMassachusetts improves the education of all ourkids," said Governor William F. Weld '66 in apress release. "Students will soon be matchingwits with one another in a whole new generation ofpublic schools...