{"id":3416,"date":"2026-06-23T18:34:07","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T18:34:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=3416"},"modified":"2026-06-23T18:34:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T18:34:07","slug":"national-charter-school-group-rescinds-award-given-to-r-i-governor-dan-mckee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=3416","title":{"rendered":"National Charter School group rescinds award given to R.I. Governor Dan McKee"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<div>\n<p><span>The fallout from Governor Dan McKee\u2019s decision to sign a charter school moratorium bill continues.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=3414\">Mamdani and AI industry flex political power in New York, plus more to watch in Tuesday\u2019s primaries<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>The National Alliance for Public Charter Schools has rescinded its 2009 \u201cCharter Champion Award\u201d for McKee, and the organization\u2019s president and CEO is calling it \u201cthe first time we have taken such action in the 20-year life of these awards.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In a stinging letter to McKee, Starlee Coleman wrote, \u201cit is sad and disappointing to see that you chose to align with the interests of the adults in the state\u2019s teachers\u2019 unions over the interests of children and the state\u2019s neediest families.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span>\u201cYou put your political ambitions ahead of the people you promised to fight for and that is ultimately how you will be remembered,\u201d Coleman wrote in the letter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>McKee\u2019s campaign declined to comment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The bigger picture: The National Alliance for Public Charter Schools doesn\u2019t have the clout to swing an election in Rhode Island, but Coleman\u2019s letter is a reminder that McKee has lost a sector that used to be one of his biggest allies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=3412\">Trump says 6 people have been arrested for damaging the Reflecting Pool<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>He earned the \u201cCharter Champion Award\u201d for his advocacy to create mayoral academy charter schools, which the organization called at the time \u201cthe most significant piece of charter school legislation to pass in Rhode Island since the original charter school was enacted in 1995.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>McKee was honored in 2009 with US Senator Joe Lieberman of Connecticut, New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson, and Georgia legislator Jan Jones.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Other prominent recipients of the award have included Arnold Schwarzenegger, US Senator Cory Booker of New Jersey, Michael Bloomberg, and current Secretary of State Marco Rubio.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In Rhode Island, state Treasurer James Diossa, Education Commissioner Ang\u00e9lica Infante-Green, and former commissioner Deborah Gist have all received the award.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=3410\">Eight convicted of terrorism charges in Texas immigration center shooting sentenced to decades in prison<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Alliance for Public Charter Schools gave McKee its \u201cCharter Champion Award\u201d in 2009. 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