Straight Outta Brockton
Brockton, MA is home to one of the best large urban high schools in the country. But instead of celebrating that success, state officials are poised to approve a massive, for-profit charter school here.Nearly 300 people packed a recent hearing to determine the fate of the public school system in Brockton, Massachusetts. The bulk of the crowd belonged to the system’s defenders—students, parents, community organizers, local and state officials, teachers and union leaders lined up to urge members of the state board of education to reject the proposed charter school. SABIS ®, the for-profit charter chain behind the proposal, had a few supporters too—mostly men in suits—but it wasn’t their night.
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