Loconto was overheard making anti-Asian comments during a Boston School Committee meeting over Zoom.
BOSTON SCHOOL COMMITTEE CHAIR MICHAEL LOCONTO RESIGNS, FOLLOWING RACIST REMARKS
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PARENTS, PAUSE!: TALKING RACE WITH WHITE AND NON-BLACK CHILDREN
There is an avalanche of resources flooding the Internet and the market to learn and teach about racism and anti-racism, especially to children. For many white and non-Black parents and caregivers, the past few days following the uprisings have meant that there is a surge of individual and collective ...
COVID-19 AND THEATER EDUCATION
According to Sheridan Thomas, teaching comedic timing is nearly impossible through a computer screen. Thomas, a teacher of acting and directing at Tufts University, is 70 years old and never had to teach online before COVID-19. She had to adjust to tools like Zoom to conduct her comedic Shakespeare class, and lagging WiFi made a mess of the course.
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SOMERVILLE NEWS GARDEN MOVING FORWARD
Launching new programs to help revive local journalism
AFTER HALF A CENTURY, NEW ENGLAND SCHOOL OF PHOTOGRAPHY SHUTTERS
Now, the New England School of Photography is shutting its doors for good, just a little over two years after it moved its operation from downtown Boston to Waltham. “If you were trying to become a full-time photojournalist, this is one more obstacle."
FUNDAMENTAL CIVICS: HOW A BOSTON TEEN CHANGED THE WAY TEACHERS APPROACH IMMIGRATION HISTORY
“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."
EDITORIAL: DIGBOSTON SEEKS FALL INTERNS
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At DigBoston, we like to have a lot of interns working for us at all times. Particularly college journalism students who will soon be seeking jobs as full-time newspaper ...
SPECIAL FEATURE: A MODERN METCO
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.
