Cahill & Pioneer Institute Release Joint Press Release on Education Vote

Type :	Announcements
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 21, 2010 Contact: Amy Birmingham 978-979-9252 Juli Sweeney 617-875-9026 Cahill & Pioneer Institute Release Joint Press Release on Education Vote Massachusetts State Treasurer and Independent candidate for Governor Tim Cahill and the Pioneer Institute issued the following press release following the Board of Education’s vote today to drop the Massachusetts model of education. Click HERE to read press release on PioneerInstitute.org. “I am extremely disappointed that the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education voted to replace Massachusetts’ highly regarded education system with the national model. Today’s decision is a step in the wrong direction for students, and we are abandoning more than 15 years of progress made here in the Commonwealth. The Patrick Administration has decided to put Washington ahead of our children and the future of our state,” said Cahill. “The national standards are not as good as Massachusetts’ quality,” says Jim Stergios, Executive Director of Pioneer Institute. “They will inhibit us from continuing to make the kinds of strides we made after the passage of the 1993 Education Reform Act which catapulted Massachusetts to become a world leader in education. After 17 years of public debate to gain hard won reforms, $90 billion in state and local funding, and diligent implementation by districts and schools across the Commonwealth, it is hard to believe the State would move from proven standards to what we don’t even know will work.” ###

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