Parents in Massachusetts increasingly are benefitting from having a choice of public education alternatives.
School choice is one, charter schools are another.
Under both programs, parents can seek to send their child to a public school in a district other than the one in which they happen to reside. This is an exciting opportunity for parents and students, and for these public schools to provide many different models of education. We receive many requests for information about school choice and charter schools, and I am happy to provide this brief guide. For more information on school choice, an Advisory on School Choice is available from the Department of Education. Currently 15 other states offer some form of inter-district public school choice, and 25 others have legislation pending.