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.
Charter Schools
TALK OF MORE WILDCAT TEACHER STRIKES PUTS PUBLIC ED AT THE VANGUARD OF PROTEST
“Most newly mobilized teachers aren’t ruling out a strike but feel it needs to be the last option on the menu."
WHEN SLOGANS REPLACE BIRTHRIGHTS
How corporate ed reform threatens democracy
SPECIAL QUESTION 2 PRIMER: THE CHARTER THEY COME
I’ve been exposing school privatization in Mass since 2008. These are my stories…
THE BOSTON GLOBE AND JOHN OLIVER: WHICH ONE IS FULL OF CRAP ABOUT CHARTER SCHOOLS?
He’s a shameless mouthpiece for the businesspeople aiming to shift more public dollars toward institutions that are not accountable to taxpayers.
BPS STUDENTS TAKE TO THE STREETS, MAYOR WALSH FEELING THE HEAT
Unions played a supporting role, but the kids organized themselves
CHARTER TANK: A ROUNDUP OF ARCANE AND ONGOING ‘SCHOOL REFORM’ SNOW JOBS IN MASS AND BEYOND
As one of the few writers who cover charter shenanigans, I’ve become something of a “Dear Abby” in this niche.
WITH A WAR OVER CHARTER SCHOOLS RAGING IN MASS, IT HELPS TO KNOW WHO’S FULL OF SHIT
Baker has such little regard for traditional ed that he appointed Paul Sagan, a venture capitalist with no teaching or school administration experience, to chair the state the board of the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
MCAS-HOLES: MASS ‘ED REFORM’ HEAVYWEIGHTS CONDESCEND ON BEACON HILL
The administering teacher is to open the barf bag, insert the soiled exam, and return it as evidence.
DEAR BOSTON MEDIA: PLEASE STEAL THIS ARTICLE
From the Olympics to police brutality, the Hub reporters should piggyback more independent research and ideas