THE BARBARISM OF CHARTERISM: NEW YEAR, NEW THEATER IN THE WAR OVER CORPORATE ED REFORM IN MASS Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted December 29, 2015 Filed Under: FEATURES, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction If any of this seems odd, that’s because the education fight in Mass is hard to comprehend, if not impossible to understand for the casual observer—whether they have kids in public schools or not.