The Ed. Establishment Is Ruining Reform

The Ed. Establishment Is Ruining Reform
AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty

The history of education reform in Massachusetts over the past quarter century could be a case study in playing the long game. A 1993 law provided a massive increase in state funding in return for high standards, accountability and more choice. Teachers unions, school committees, superintendents and others in the education establishment liked the money, but not the reforms. They kept fighting, and less than 25 years later, little but the money remains.

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