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Citizens for Public Schools

@Mass_CPS

Citizens for Public Schools has been a voice for promoting, preserving and protecting public schools since 1982.

 Massachusetts, USA
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Joined August 2013
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How School Choice Opens the Door for Private Equity progressive.org/public-schoo…
How School Choice Opens the Door for Private Equity

How School Choice Opens the Door for Private Equity

Charter school projects and a new federal voucher program make K-12 schools the next public service target of private investors.

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Art Cabral disagrees with CPS on Trump's voucher scam, yet gives us a badge of honor by calling us "one of the most progressive public education organizations in the state." Take Trump’s vouchers, governor. Don't let unions stop you. bostonglobe.com/2026/10/12/o… via @BostonGlobe
Take Trump’s vouchers, governor. Don’t let the unions stop you. - The Boston Globe

Take Trump’s vouchers, governor. Don’t let the unions stop you. - The Boston Globe

When the two largest teachers unions and one of the most progressive public education organizations in the state all agree on something, the best course is to go the other way.

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Opinion | Don’t fall for Trump’s voucher scheme, Governor Healey bostonglobe.com/2026/10/08/o… via @BostonGlobe
Don’t fall for Trump’s voucher scheme, Governor Healey - The Boston Globe

Don’t fall for Trump’s voucher scheme, Governor Healey - The Boston Globe

"Siphoning public money off for private schools ... would harm communities with the greatest needs," writes one public education stakeholder.

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Those MBTA ads attacking BPS were a bum rap by Schoolyard News schoolyardnews.com/those-mbt…
Those MBTA ads attacking BPS were a bum rap

Those MBTA ads attacking BPS were a bum rap

By Alain Jehlen Anyone who has read this blog knows I’m not a fan of the Boston Public Schools administration. But the recent MBTA…

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States would have no control over federal school voucher program under Treasury guidelines flipsidenews.net/states-woul…
States would have no control over federal school voucher program under Treasury guidelines

States would have no control over federal school voucher program under Treasury guidelines

A coalition is pushing for Gov. Maura Healey to opt into a federal school voucher program.

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Advocates urge Healey to opt out of Trump's education tax credit, warn of 'substantial negative impact' on public schools bostonherald.com/2026/10/05/…
Advocates urge Healey to opt out of Trump’s education tax credit, warn of ‘substantial negative...

Advocates urge Healey to opt out of Trump’s education tax credit, warn of ‘substantial negative...

Education advocates, teachers, parents and more gathered in the State House on Monday to urge the governor not to opt in to a federal tax credit program they called a “backdoor plan to allow vouche...

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CPS showed up at the State House yesterday urging Gov. Healey to opt out of the Trump administration's voucher scheme. Thanks to Sheila Decter, Christine Langhoff, Jonathan King, Alain Jehlen, Julie Johnson and Jillie Santos for standing up for our public schools.
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"People who suddenly pour big money into something like that ...are trying to influence public policy. And the public has a right to know who they are, and what they really want." Boston-pubic-education-dark-money bostonglobe.com/2026/10/03/m… via @BostonGlobe

‘Dark Money’ comes for the Boston Public Schools - The Boston Globe

The education advocacy group claims its mission is to bring awareness to what it says is the sorry plight of the city’s public schools.

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Opinion | Why not ask students what they think of MCAS bostonglobe.com/2026/09/28/o… via @BostonGlobe
Here’s a study hint for school observers: Ask students, teachers what they think of MCAS - The...

Here’s a study hint for school observers: Ask students, teachers what they think of MCAS - The...

Those of us who regularly spend time in high schools have watched students engage deeply and successfully in the deeper learning that their teachers now have time for.

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Students are dying. Tell Congress to support the American Dream and Promise Act now. actionnetwork.org/letters/th…
Students are dying. Tell Congress to support the American Dream and Promise Act now.

Students are dying. Tell Congress to support the American Dream and Promise Act now.

Pierre Damas Bel deserved a future. Pierre was just 20 years old, a Haitian immigrant, honors graduate, soccer player and college student building his life in the United States. After this administ...

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New York scraps Regents exam requirement for Class of 2028 and beyond wamc.org/2026-09-14/new-york…
New York scraps Regents exam requirement for Class of 2028 and beyond

New York scraps Regents exam requirement for Class of 2028 and beyond

The state also is paring down to one diploma.

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"A survey of Massachusetts teachers shows state-designed final exams are not educators’ preferred way to assess if a student is ready to graduate." wbur.org/news/2026/09/08/mas…
New survey of Mass. teachers show a dislike of statewide exams as a replacement for MCAS

New survey of Mass. teachers show a dislike of statewide exams as a replacement for MCAS

The survey of nearly 1,200 Massachusetts educators by UMass Amherst’s Center for Education Policy also found that teachers consider their biggest challenges in the classroom to be student disinterest...

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Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. nytimes.com/2026/08/17/us/st…
What Do Students Lose When They Stop Writing? (Gift Article)

What Do Students Lose When They Stop Writing? (Gift Article)

Educators are worried that many students can no longer write essays without A.I. And it’s costing more than just grammar skills.

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The results are in: Common Core was a bust timesunion.com/opinion/artic… via @TimesUnion
The results are in: Common Core was a bust

The results are in: Common Core was a bust

SUNY reports that many incoming students are not ready for college math or English. It's the latest sign that New York's learning standards need an overhaul.

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In the last five years, Black student enrollment doubled at Boston Latin School bostonglobe.com/2026/08/12/m… via @BostonGlobe
Black enrollment doubles at Boston Latin School after admissions overhaul - The Boston Globe

Black enrollment doubles at Boston Latin School after admissions overhaul - The Boston Globe

In the most recent academic year, Black students made up nearly 16 percent of enrollment, bringing the school’s demographics more closely in line with Boston.

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Happy belated birthday to James Baldwin! zinnedproject.org/materials/…
A Talk to Teachers

A Talk to Teachers

Article. By James Baldwin. October 16, 1963. Baldwin addresses the challenges of education to prepare children to grapple with the myths and realities of U.S. history.

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I just wrote a @theactionnet letter: Email your State Representative and Chairman Michlewitz to move the Governor’s supplemental budget forward!. Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/em…
Email your State Representative and Chairman Michlewitz to move the Governor’s supplemental budget...

Email your State Representative and Chairman Michlewitz to move the Governor’s supplemental budget...

School districts across the Commonwealth stand to gain additional much-needed funding for education under Governor Healey’s supplemental budget. The ball is currently in the House’s court. Send an...

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I'm attending a @theactionnet event: Honor the Dead - Fight for the Living. RSVP here: actionnetwork.org/events/hon…
Honor the Dead - Fight for the Living

Honor the Dead - Fight for the Living

Honor the Dead - Fight for the Living About the Vigil: Week after week, people are dying in ICE detention and in encounters with immigration enforcement. In March, we mourned Emmanuel Cleeford Damas....

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