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QUEST announces its support of the Exam School Admissions Working Group recommendation to forgo the use of a test for the coming school year.
Find our full statement below 👇🏻
docs.google.com/document/d/14UXS4Dv1GeRQS37_A6CHgiL708GAkzodf4U2k9SiSC4/
"Elected officials have long treated exam school admission as a third rail too risky to touch, but as the City Council has diversified, members of that body have shown more interest in changing the schools’ admissions policies."
Parents battle over exam school admissions - The Bay State Banner
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Boston Public Schools parents held dueling demonstrations Sunday morning in front of Boston Latin School in advance of a Boston School Committee vote on a proposal to suspend for a year the entrance e..."Supporting systems that perpetuate racial disparities is racism."
Boston parents square off over entrance exam proposal - The Boston Globe
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Dueling messages were traded Sunday by parents, alumni, and others who made clear where they stand on a controversial proposal to eliminate for the next school year the test students must pass to ente...Advocacy 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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