For more than 50 years, Metco has stood as a hallmark effort to address racial disparities in education. But for the progressive civil rights program to keep pace with the national dialogue around race, inequality, and white supremacy, stakeholders say it’s time to reexamine and recommit to Massachusetts’ once-radical program.
SUPER AGGRAVATING (AN APOLOGY COLUMN, OF SORTS)
After I’d commiserated with all kinds of student advocates and parents about the sham of a search process, in which the public was presented with three finalists out of nearly 40 applicants, I was simply shocked to see the somewhat positive reactions of so many factions and organizations following the school board’s decision.
WELCOME BACK! LATE BUSES, FISCAL MISMANAGEMENT, AND ADMINISTRATIVE LEGAL WOES AS BPS REOPENS
As students and teachers return to the classroom this week, Boston Public Schools faces the fallout from an audit showing financial mismanagement at nearly every school, as well as a lawsuit for gender discrimination against former high-ranking administrators.
VERIZON 101: YOU CAN STOP CONGRATULATING THIS BEHEMOTH FOR ITS STUDENT IPAD PROGRAM RIGHT NOW
It’s something between ironic and nauseating that Superintendent Tommy Chang and Mayor Marty Walsh are making it look like Verizon, of all entities, is here to save the day.
WE INTERVIEWED MORE THAN 25 BOSTON CITY COUNCIL CANDIDATES ABOUT SCHOOLS
We really did sit down with 27 candidates for Boston City Council—from at-large contenders to those trying for district seats—to ask about Boston Public Schools.
‘LEGISLATORS UNDERSTAND THAT WE ARE UNDER-FUNDING PUBLIC SCHOOLS BY ALMOST $2 BILLION A YEAR’
“ReThinking” MA High-Stakes Testing
SUMMER SPECIAL: EARNEST GOES TO CAMP
Boston millennials take on our city’s biggest problems over s’mores
SPECIAL QUESTION 2 PRIMER: THE CHARTER THEY COME
I’ve been exposing school privatization in Mass since 2008. These are my stories…
COMMON GROUND: MEET THE STUDENTS FROM THE MOST IMPORTANT SCHOOL IN BOSTON YOU’VE NEVER HEARD OF
“We just stick together, that’s all we can do at the end of the day.”
WITH RESIGNATION OF BLS HEADMASTER, SOME IMPORTANT THINGS TO REMEMBER
The world outside of Latin School would still have no idea about any of this if not for some extremely brave students
