Charter Cap ‘n Gown
That path to college turns out to be exceptionally narrow…
‘Tis the season to celebrate our boy and girl graduates, reader. And in Massachusetts, aka *the Achievement State,* what better way to do just that than by raising the capon excellence itself with a bold vote to hoist the cap on charter schools? Presto! Like that, the path to college and career readiness just got wider, and with nary a union laborer or detail cop in sight. But like a graduation party gone bad, this story too comes with an unwelcome guest: facts. It turns out that the number of students—particularly boys—who actually graduate from Boston’s charter high schools is minuscule. In fact, students at Boston’s six charter high schools are no more likely to graduate than their public school peers. 
Pomp n’ circumstanceIf you’re just tuning into the Achievement Network now, consider yourself fortunate. The most recent installment of our seemingly endless reality series, Where Chahter Rhymes with Wicked Smahter, was plump with pomp and rather light on circumstance. There is, for Charter Cap ‘n Gown | EduShyster: