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CURRENT STREET EDITION

DIG 23.02 – 1/28/21

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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 ANNA-CAT BRIGIDA 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

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

WELCOME BACK! LATE BUSES, FISCAL MISMANAGEMENT, AND ADMINISTRATIVE LEGAL WOES AS BPS REOPENS

Written by DAN ATKINSON Posted September 3, 2018 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

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.

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Boston Public Schools, BPS, buses, EdVestors, Equal Opportunity Employment Commission, Laura Perille, Superintendent, Tommy Chang

MADISON PERKS: LONG-STRUGGLING VOCATIONAL SCHOOL PROVIDES NEW OPPS FOR STUDENTS IN TRADES

Written by ROB KATZ Posted April 10, 2018 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

“There’s so much work here, and the workforce is minimally women. Now they know they can come here and get the percentage raised.”

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Boston, BPS, ed, high school, labor, Madison Park Technical Vocational High School, Massachusetts, unions, vocational schools

STATE WIRE: BAY STATE STUDENTS SET TO TAKE A STAND ON GUN VIOLENCE

Written by MARY KUHLMAN Posted March 22, 2018 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

"When we have those emotional supports in school, violence outside of school is less likely to happen."

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Boston, BPS, enough, Graciela Mohamedi, March for our Lives, northampton, Plymouth, Springfield, Students

STATE WIRE: ADVOCATES TELL LAWMAKERS TO GET THE LEAD OUT

Written by ANDREA SEARS Posted October 30, 2017 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

The bill would require the replacement of lead service lines, the largest single source of lead in drinking water, to schools and daycare centers, and installation of filters on taps and fountains.

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Beacon Hill, BPS, daycare centers, lawmakers, Lead, legislature, Mass, Massachusetts, MASSPIRG, schools, service lines, State House, Water

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