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Amicus Brief filed in support of the Exam Schools admissions plan for the 2021-22 school year. The brief says that the plan addresses the "legitimate government interests of expanding access to quality education for children from low-income homes and of promoting socioeconomic diversity as an academic benefit to all students."
Amicus Brief Filed in Boston Exam Schools Admissions Case - Brown Rudnick
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BOSTON – International law firm Brown Rudnick LLP, Massachusetts Law Reform Institute (“MLRI”), LatinoJustice PRLDEF (“LatinoJustice”), and the Children’s Law Center of Massachusetts (“C...Reverend Willie Bodrick II and BPS parent Suleika Soto talk about the BuildBPS Stakeholders survey and the gap in facilities and programs across schools. Worth 12 of your minutes!
Emergency teacher licenses, without standardized testing, were created during Covid and teacher diversity improved dramatically.
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Emergency teaching licenses were created to help keep classrooms staffed during the pandemic. But the program also seems to be opening up opportunities for more people of color to join the state's tea...Great statement of support for changes to the exam school admissions process.
Statement supporting the new exam school admissions policy, signed by 25 organizations and 24…
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A court ruling on an effort to block the temporary policy is due within three weeksAdvocacy for Quality, Equity, and Transparency Within the Boston Public Schools System
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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