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FILE PHOTO The Little Red Schoolhouse on the Amherst College Campus opened in 1937.

Editorial: End of an era for Little Red

Friday, May 17, 2013

As the final bell rang at a preschool on the Amherst College campus May 16, school staff and parents expressed dismay that the program was headed for a hiatus. Given the popularity of the 75-year-old school and the high praise it won from generations of parents, that’s too bad. It may be back in another location, or maybe not if … 0

John Stifler: Is wider gap an unintended consequence for charters?

Thursday, May 23, 2013

NORTHAMPTON — The current debate about charter schools in the Gazette is an earnest argument between throughtful supporters of these schools and concerned critics who argue that charter schools cut into the resources of conventional public schools. What neither side has mentioned, at least not so far, is an aspect of charter schools that ought to cause concern to anyone who hopes that … 0

Jeff Wagenheim: Charter schools are needed engines of innovation

Thursday, May 23, 2013

NORTHAMPTON — As discourse on public education goes, the diatribe about charter schools by Deborah Keisch Polin and Tim Scott (“The high price of charters,” May 17) gets a failing grade for its misleading insinuations and outright falsehoods. Let’s start with the most volatile issue facing our schools: money. The authors say the Northampton school district loses thousands of dollars a year for … 0

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