charter schools

Mayor Jon Mitchell said the Mass. Teachers Association is 'wrong' about state law preventing the City from transferring the Kempton School to Alma del Mar.

The state of Massachusetts has the city of New Bedford in a box and the only answer is to go along with the limited and innovative expansion of Alma del Mar.

Alma Del Mar's Board of Trustees approved the agreement this week.

The City of New Bedford and the Alma del Mar Charter School have finally reached a deal, but that deal has many choke points.

The New Bedford City Council must end the practice of giving residency waivers to people who want to work in city schools but refuse to join the community.

A New Bedford educator says he feels the need to jump in and correct a few misconceptions that have been circulating with some numbers-based facts.

Not everyone is excited about the plan to allow 450 more charter school seats in New Bedford. The New Bedford Coalition to Save Our Schools is an outspoken critic of the charter plan.

New Bedford's mayor and the Alma del Mar charter school recently agreed to a unique limited expansion of the school. It turns out the City had no choice.

New Bedford Superintendent Thomas Anderson offers his perspective on the Charter School controversy, and the community inroads he's made in his first year as Superintendent.

In his weekly appearance on WBSM, New Bedford Mayor Jon Mitchell discussed why the City agreed to a new expansion plan for the Alma del Mar charter school.