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We'll have a panel of speakers to explain the importance of the Thrive Act and the ballot campaign to end the MCAS graduation requirement. And we'll have information on all the ways you can be part of this exciting campaign, with details on the upcoming Joint Education Committee hearing, October 4, 2pm to 8pm. We'll also have information on the ballot campaign and how to help collect the 75,000 signatures we need to get this question on the ballot.
The Thrive Act has three main components:
- It would end the state receivership policy.
- It would end the MCAS graduation requirement. Instead, districts would certify students have mastered the skills, competencies and knowledge of state standards.
- It would establish a commission to create a new system of assessing students and schools, building on work already happening in Massachusetts and nationally.
The ballot initiative essentially implements the second component of the Thrive Act, which ends the MCAS graduation requirement.
Our speakers will include former Fall River and current Harvard student Soleei Guasp, Lexington parent Shelley Scruggs, Boston teacher Jennifer Rose-Wood, State Rep. Jim Hawkins, CPS Board Member and Massachusetts Teachers Association Director of Training and Professional Learning (MTA) Ricardo Rosa, and Charmaine Champagne, of the MTA's Field and Organizing Division.
Come help us kick off the ballot campaign and get ready for the Thrive Act hearing on October 4.
The event is free, but we welcome your donations to Citizens for Public Schools so that we can continue to offer events like this and more.
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