{"id":92,"date":"2017-05-14T15:54:55","date_gmt":"2017-05-14T19:54:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/education-2272-spring-2017-syibrah\/?page_id=92"},"modified":"2017-05-15T06:08:21","modified_gmt":"2017-05-15T10:08:21","slug":"social-media","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/education-2272-spring-2017-syibrah\/social-media\/","title":{"rendered":"Social Media-anti charter"},"content":{"rendered":"

This Wbur segment\u00a0<\/strong>illuminates the various donations made by the two campaigns on Charter schools. Overall, this question sparked the most expensive campaign for a state ballot in Massachusetts history. The pro charter side received millions of dollars in donations from a handful of massive organizations, some of which have no legal obligation to reveal their contributors. The anti charter side, however was funded by thousands of teacher union donations. This is a prime example of outside money entering local politics; the true grassroots effort won this battle.\u00a0http:\/\/www.wbur.org\/edify\/2016\/11\/07\/question-2-donations-for-and-against-top-41-million<\/a><\/p>\n

Parent imperfect<\/strong> is a parent guide blog written by a politically active parent\u00a0The blog points addresses the writer’s problems with public education. “Why not be part of the quest for quality education” is an article about the effectiveness of a Boston\u00a0grassroots organization.\u00a0https:\/\/parentimperfectct.wordpress.com\/2012\/10\/10\/why-not-be-part-of-the-quest-for-quality-education\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Juan Cofield<\/strong> is the president of the New England Area Conference of the NAACP. Additionally, he serves as the chair of the Campaign to Save Our Public Schools.\u00a0In his support of equal education for all students, he wrote an op ed expressing the consequences of charter schools in MA. In it, he\u00a0explains that charter schools take much needed funding from already existing public schools within that district. His whole essay is here:\u00a0http:\/\/www.berkshireeagle.com\/stories\/juan-cofield-a-yes-on-question-2-would-cripple-our-schools,427876<\/a>\u00a0\"\"<\/p>\n

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Cambridge Education Association (CEA)<\/strong> is a local association connected with Massachusetts Teachers Association. I believed it was important to include as public education in Cambridge has been consistently outperforming other public schools in urban MA.http:\/\/cambridge.massteacher.org\/\u00a0 \u00a0https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CambridgeEducationAssociation\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Mayor Marty Walsh<\/strong> appears on a Wbur Morning edition segment to talk against MA’s question 2. Although Walsh generally supports charter schools, he argues that this uncontrolled expansion on charter schools would take away resources from the communities they exist.\u00a0http:\/\/www.wbur.org\/edify\/2016\/11\/04\/walsh-charter-school-question<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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