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Guest Opinion: Promoting Metal Detectors In BPS Perpetuates Dangerous Narrative

Written by JAKIRA ROGERS Posted January 26, 2023 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed

When these factors are not explicitly named and acknowledged, one demonstrates a gap in understanding that racism perpetuates disproportionate outcomes for Black and Brown populations.

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed Tagged With: BPS, news, opinion

We Asked BPS About Its Sexual Misconduct Policies. Their Response Only Raises More Questions

Written by ANNALISE FREIMARCK Posted September 8, 2022 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

“I have a problem with things being hidden, swept under the rug”

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Boston, BPS, schools, sexual assault

New Superintendent Skipper Responds To BPS Student Concerns

Written by SAM CHEN Posted August 16, 2022 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

Yes, our student reporter asked about school lunches, and even got an answer

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Boston, BPS, Mayor Wu, news, news to us, schools

Disconnected, “Uninformed.” How BPS Students Feel About the Superintendent Search Process

Written by SAM CHEN Posted June 29, 2022 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

“I think one of the issues the next superintendent should focus on is how to best support students, specifically academically.”

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Boston, BPS, Mayor Wu, news, news to us

SPECIAL FEATURE: BUREAUCRATIC DYSFUNCTION & PHYSICAL RESTRAINT IN BPS

Written by DANIEL DEFRAIA Posted July 6, 2021 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

A review of documents and interviews reveals a lack of record keeping that reflects a system struggling to comply with state law and reckon with the use of physical restraint

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Boston, BPS, race, schools

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

EXAM SCHOOL TESTS SUSPENDED, WHILE ED SEC KEEPS ON FAILING

Written by ZACK HUFFMAN Posted November 5, 2020 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

Exam school tests suspended, while ed sec who never passed one keeps failing.

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Boston School Committee, BPS, Charlie Baker, 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

MUSIC SPECIAL: ROCK AGAINST RACISM TURNS 40

Written by C. SHARDAE JOBSON Posted November 20, 2019 Filed Under: FEATURES, Interviews, MUSIC, Non-fiction

Here, five individuals associated with RAR share their memories of Boston back then, what they gained from having RAR in their lives, and how, in 2019, we can continue to honor the groundwork RAR laid for a better Boston.

Filed Under: FEATURES, Interviews, MUSIC, Non-fiction Tagged With: 1980s, 1984, bboys, bgirls, Boston, Boston Hip Hop, Boston History, Boston rap, BPS, breakdancing, breaking, Dorchester, hip hop, HONK!, Madison Park, oral histories, oral history, race, racism, Rapperteers, Reebee Garofalo, Rock Against Racism, Roxbury, Spiun City Rockers, UMass, UMASS-Boston

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

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