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TOPIC: "Deval Patrick signs bill to close education gap" (Boston Herald 1/18/10)


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"Deval Patrick signs bill to close education gap" (Boston Herald 1/18/10)
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Deval Patrick signs bill to close education gap

By Associated Press
Monday, January 18, 2010 -
Gov. Deval Patrick gathers the pens...
Photo by AP
Gov. Deval Patrick gathers the pens used to sign education reform bill, as a group of Boston middle school students look on at the Children’s Museum in Boston, Monday.

BOSTON — Gov. Deval Patrick has signed into law an education bill that aims to close a persistent achievement gap between schools in richer and poorer communities.

Patrick signed the bill Monday. He called it "the second chapter of Massachusetts education reform," referring to the state’s landmark Education Reform Act of 1993.

The bill establishes "Innovation Schools," in-district charter schools that aim to add autonomy and flexibility into school systems. It makes it easier for the state to intervene with struggling schools. It also lifts the cap on charter schools in the lowest performing districts.

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