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Another argument for the necessity of the charter school is the widely reported poor student performance in the Cambridge school district...
...presentation at the Kennedy/Longfellow School last Wednesday, Cambridge Public School District Superintendent Thomas Fowler-Finn said Cambridge schools ranked 311th out of the 373 Massachusetts school districts—a list that includes both districts and individual charter schools—on the statewide MCAS exams required for high school graduation...
...while Fowler-Finn admits that MCAS scores need improvement, he disputes claims that the school district is underperforming and cost-inefficient...
...addition to defending the education available in the school district, local officials say they do not believe charter schools offer a solution to public education’s problems...
Contrary to Fowler-Finn’s assertion, Professor of Economics Caroline M. Hoxby ’88, whose research focuses on economics and education, says studies show that charter schools significantly outperform local district schools once they have been up and running for three to four years...