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Massachusetts Governor's Office Advises Pro-Charter Allies to Use Private Emails; by Diane Ravitch

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" The advocates for charter schools in the  Massachusetts Governor  Baker's office are advised to use their personal email accounts, so their efforts to promote privatization cannot be subject to FOIL (Freedom of Information Law). They are paid by the public, and acting against the public interest, and they don’t want voters to read about their conversations.The emails can be seen here." Baker has "been openly campaigning for Question 2, that would privatize a dozen schools every year for the indefinite future. Once charter schools are part of the picture, they dominate all discussions about education. As we have seen in many other states, charter schools fight any accountability or transparency even though they receive public money. They operate in secret with taxpayer dollars, keep the students they want, push out the ones they don’t want. " 

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