Visit a charter school. You'll want to spread the word about what you see. William S. Edgerly is Chairman Emeritus of State Street Bank and Chairman of CEOs for Fundamental Change in Education. The Boston Renaissance Charter School is different from other schools. Our mission is to demonstrate that urban students can learn and achieve in a public school setting.
Funding comes from a per-pupil reimbursement for each student educated.
The Renaissance is working with the Edison Project of New York City, which is providing operations support, an innovative curriculum and assessment program, professional development services to help the teachers stay on the cutting edge, and a compelling technology package that integrates academics into one technology framework. Each student will be supplied a computer at home which is linked to the school. Edison, like our food service provider and bus company, is a vendor. Their remuneration and continuing relationship with the Renaissance is dependent upon the extent to which their services add value to the school and its students. Open to all Boston residents, the school used a lottery to determine which of the over 2,200 applicants to the school would be admitted.