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BPS PREPARES TO DUMP—OR AT LEAST CHANGE—WEIGHTED STUDENT FUNDING

Written by ALAIN JEHLEN Posted November 23, 2021 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

Seeks consultant to design a new, more equitable system

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Boston Public Schools, education, finance, funding

RECKLESS DECISIONS AND THE PEOPLE WHO RUN SCHOOLS AND MAKE THEM

Written by ZACK HUFFMAN Posted August 9, 2021 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

“There was a misunderstanding between me and my team”

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Boston Public Schools, education, Return to School Roadmap, school

FROM BOSTON TO WASHINGTON, POLS ATTEMPT TO GET SCHOOLS ON TRACK

Written by ZACK HUFFMAN Posted June 30, 2021 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

Some of the many problems facing BPS and schools across the state

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Boston Public Schools, Joe Biden, Politics, schools

PARENTS RELEASE AN ANALYSIS OF BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL FUNDRAISING INEQUITIES

Written by SHIRA LAUCHAROEN Posted April 13, 2021 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

The group is asking that polices address the disparities the data has revealed.

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Boston Public Schools, economics, education, fundraising, racial justice

SCANDALIZED TESTING: COVID-19 AND NO. 2 PENCILS

Written by ZACK HUFFMAN Posted March 9, 2021 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

“The Defendants have imposed upon the school children of Boston a racial and ethnic classification system for entry into its most prestigious public schools.”

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Boston Public Schools, education, racism, school

BOSTON LATIN ACADEMY GRADS FIGHT FOR REPRESENTATION IN ALUMNI GROUP

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted February 5, 2021 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

“Several alumni of color and BLA alumni have experienced discrimination and other offenses.”

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Boston, Boston Public Schools, BPS, education, news, news to us

BANKING ON SCHOOLS: PANDEMIC BEGETS PRIVATIZATION, FROM MIAMI TO MASS

Written by ZACK HUFFMAN Posted September 8, 2020 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

“We are concerned about budgetary impacts of the current pandemic on our educators.”

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Boston Public Schools, Coronavirus Aid Relief and Economic Security Act, Florida Virtual Schools, private schools

FUNDAMENTAL CIVICS: HOW A BOSTON TEEN CHANGED THE WAY TEACHERS APPROACH IMMIGRATION HISTORY

Written by Posted January 28, 2020 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction

“Our job as educators is to learn about our students and where they come from. We create lessons that will interest them, lessons about their life experiences."

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction Tagged With: BLS, Boston Latin School, Boston Public Schools, BPS, education, El Salvador, history, immigration, Reagan, throwback, US

SPECIAL FEATURE: A MODERN METCO

Written by BRENDAN MCGUIRK Posted May 29, 2019 Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction

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.

Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction Tagged With: Boston, Boston Public Schools, BPS, Charter Schools, Concord, Darren Wilson, education, lexington, Lincoln-Sudbury, METCO, Metco Inc., schools, SCOTUS, segregation, suburbs, Susan Eaton

SUPER AGGRAVATING (AN APOLOGY COLUMN, OF SORTS)

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted May 12, 2019 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Dear Reader, NEWS+OPINIONS

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.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Dear Reader, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Boston, Boston Public Schools, BPS, Cassellius, Marty Walsh, Perille, QUEST, School Committee, Students, Superintendent

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