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Massachusetts Legislature’s Joint Committee on Education has taken a step forward for education justice with the release of their education funding bill.
Superintendent Cassellius spoke on a number of issues at meeting with parents: pause on BuildBPS, small high schools don't work, and she was “shell-shocked” to learn that a family that lives across the street from a school has to enter a lottery to get a seat there.
A tale of Newton HS and Brighton High. Interesting, but much missing, e.g. why is per student spending $3,000 higher in Boston? # of students with special needs and language needs? Also, why is enrollment low at Brighton? BPS controls this.
Neighboring schools, worlds apart - The Boston Globe
The opportunity gap in our public schools is vast, a fact made plain in two schools, nearly neighbors but in different worlds. For those on the short end, the road up is made more difficult. The quest...As advocates far smarter than I noted, this piece serves mainly as a way for middle- and upper middle-class Globe readers to gawk at the spectacle of concentrated need, without the context needed to explain it. Barely a mention of Foundation Budget, no mention of the legacy of red-lining and restrictive covenants, and no mention of Milliken v. Bradley. This disparity doesn't occur in a vacuum.
Advocacy for Quality, Equity, and Transparency Within the Boston Public Schools System
Boston City Council Candidate Questionnaire on Education
September 14, 2019
The Boston Coalition for Education Equity (of which QUEST is a part) conducted a survey of City Council candidates on important education issues. 29 of 43 candidates responded to questions, including school funding, an elected School Committee, exam school admissions and pro-charter influences. Responses are here!
Please see this article from Schoolyard News for a summary of the results.
Current issues QUEST is focused on:
Facilities, Resources and School Closings
Quality education requires a commitment by the school district to the efficient, sustained, and equitable use of resources.
Privatization of Education
Public education, including its physical facilities, is a public good that should be under community control.
Student Assignment
All students should have equitable access to quality school options through a transparent and accessible system of school assignment.
ABOUT QUEST
QUEST (Quality Education for Every Student) is a volunteer grassroots organization of parents with children in Boston Public Schools. Founded in 2012, the group initially came together over concerns about the inequities of proposed changes to the BPS assignment system. We continue to ask how education policies and practices can help to dismantle past oppression, increase opportunity, and provide greater access to quality education for all.
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