QUEST on Facebook:
Many of you may have seen this already, but it's worthy of many gasps. THIS is where federal ESSR money is going!?!
This is as horrifying as it is unsurprising. And no pause to consider whether “BUILD”BPS should be part of a school closing job title. As far as I know there’s no project manager being hired to actually build anything. CloseBPS would be more apt.
Do you have a URL for the post? I tried to find it to share in another context and only found this one: bostonpublicschools.tedk12.com/hire/ViewJob.aspx?JobID=25430. I think it is identical except for the absence of the words "for School Closings"?
Blackstone teacher Joel Richards:
"Love is helping us power through this marathon, despite the worn and terrible shoes we are wearing, but is this sustainable? Passion can only carry us so far without the needed support. We have to ask ourselves, how much longer can we run this marathon? How can we get the shoes we need to run this race? How can we finally get the support that we, our students, and the families we serve so desperately need?"
A teacher speaks about kids, craziness, COVID, and love
schoolyardnews.com
[Blackstone Technology teacher Joel Richards wrote this as an epistle to fellow BTU members, but he says the rest of us are welcome to…Teachers are teaching, students are learning-- remotely-- because that's the safest thing right now. This petition asks the state to honor that teaching and learning.
Have you seen this petition yet?
chng.it
Honor the work of Curley K-8 Teachers! Count ALL Remote Learning Days!Curley School in Jamaica Plain to stay closed following virus outbreak, remote learning to continue - The Boston Globe
www.bostonglobe.com
Boston Public Schools officials on Saturday said they plan to keep the Curley K-8 School closed until Nov. 22 following an outbreak of COVID-19 that has resulted in dozens of positive cases, despite t...Advocacy for Quality, Equity, and Transparency Within the Boston Public Schools System
QUEST Parents Release Analysis of Boston Public School Fundraising
April 13, 2021
In 2018, Boston Public Schools did an audit of private fundraising in its 125 schools. The information was quietly released in school-by-school reports.
QUEST has now collated the data in easy-to-read spreadsheet, examined it for racial and socio-economic inequities, and requests further study and policies to address the disparities. We believe it’s especially critical to pay attention to this information now, as Boston examines its exam school admissions policies and schools struggle to recover from the effects of Covid-19.
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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