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“This culture of pitting schools, families and neighborhoods against each other, does not cultivate trust,” Ruby Reyes of BEJA said. “It is a BPS culture that further divides neighborhoods and families between racial and economic lines.” All schools must have a baseline of services that they're not asked to fight for, year after year.
BPS releases 2021 budget - The Bay State Banner
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Boston Public Schools Superintendent Brenda Cassellius has released a $1.26 billion fiscal year 2021 budget that would increase school spending by $80 million, a 6.3 percent increase in the budget.I spy with my little eye... a misuse of standardized testing. More on the ISEE he-said-she-said between the testing company and BPS.
The ISEE hasn’t been “validated” for students of color. Probably not for white students, either.
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Standardized tests are bad at predicting future successTomorrow's Black Educators Appreciation Day. What can we all do to appreciate the black educators in our children's lives?
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Will the School Committee keep its word about the Dever/McCormack fields?
November 5, 2019
In 2018, the Boston Public Schools Committee issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) to develop fields belonging to the Dever Elementary School and John W. McCormack Middle School. Members voted after assurances that those communities would have input into what would happen to their open space.
Now a private field house operated by The Boys & Girls Clubs is the sole proposal submitted, and the school communities were only informed after the deadline passed. Will the School Committee members live up to their word and accept the community input that they promised?
Click on the following dates to view full School Committee discussions about the RFP for developing the Dever/McCormack fields: April 11, 2018 (beginning at minute 44:30); May 9, 2018 (beginning at 2hr 26 min); and May 23, 2018 (beginning at 1 hr 12 min).
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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