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October 14, 2007

My view: Latest test scores display charter-school advantage

By Charles D. Chieppo The Eagle Tribune Sun Oct 14, 2007, 11:54 AM EDT

Lately, the education news in Massachusetts has been good.

First, MCAS test results showed improvement and then - for the second time in a row - the commonwealth placed first in all four categories of the National Assessment of Educational Progress, known as the Nation's Report Card.Read this article in full with a
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School receiver Jeff Riley has to get after the parents of failing students in Lawrence because education is not at the top of their priorities. Thirty years ago I could understand this with new immigrants in the city, but we now have second and third generations. There is no excuse. Mr. Riley, it is not the teachers and administrators, it is the parents. I wish you success.
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