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Text messages fly on Boston School Committee after chairman’s racist remarks - The Boston Globe
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Text messages sent by members during that night reveal the raw emotions and reactions they had to the offensive remarks that shook the Asian-American community and left a cloud over the School Committ...Talk on Dec 2: Black Lives Matter at School: An Uprising for Education Justice. "An essential collection of essays, interviews, poems, resolutions, and more from educators, students, and activists who have been building the Black Lives Matter at School movement across the country."
Black Lives Matter at School: An Uprising for Educational Justice
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Jesse Hagopian and Denisha Jones, editors of Black Lives Matter at School, discuss antiracist education with contributor Brian Jones.Massachusetts Asian American Educators Association (MAAEA) supports the proposal to change admissions to the Boston Exam Schools for the 2021–2022 school year. They have recommendations for beyond that, including using family income and preference for those attending BPS elementary schools.
Asian American Educators Assn. supports the exam school changes but has concerns and proposals
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Use family income instead of zip codes, give priority to BPS students, don’t leave non-English speakers in the darkCity Council hearing tomorrow (Thursday) at 4pm on BuildBPS, safety and security of schools, and school libraries.
Barbara Fields (former head of BPS office of equity and current BEAM/BNBSA member), Ruby Reyes (BEJA) and Al Vega (MassCOSH) will be testifying on what we've learned from Covid about our buildings. Spoiler alert: decades of disinvestment plays a big part.
To view: boston.gov/city-council-tv or at the City Council Youtube page. Information about testifying can be found in link.
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Update on BPS regarding COVID-19
March 29, 2020
During this public health crisis, we hope people are finding the resources they need to be safe and healthy. Resources, from the Boston Public Schools, including breakfast and lunch meal sites, can be found here.
As we adjust to new circumstances, we believe we also must keep our eyes open regarding a number of policy initiatives at the state and city level. We also must ask how parents will continue to be heard with limited access to meetings and truncated time tables.
Here is a set of articles that highlight the issues we should stay attentive to:
- * “No DESE Intervention Without Parent Input,” in the Baystate Banner
- * "The problems cited in DESE's report on BPS are present in suburbs too. They're just easier to hide," School Yard News
- * “Parent Urge State to Cancel MCAS Testing,” Boston Globe
- * “Common Good Platform,” by the Boston Teachers Union
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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