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Our partner BEJA (Boston Education Justice Alliance) is holding listening sessions on the successes and challenges of school openings TONIGHT and TOMORROW NIGHT. See info below on how to join.
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The Massachusetts Education Justice Alliance and the Asian Pacific Islanders Civic Action Network are sponsoring a remote discussion with civil rights and educational justice leaders to talk about the recent Supreme Court decision on affirmative action. QUEST is cosponsoring and is hoping you'll join the discussion.
Community Discussion: Supreme Court Affirmative Action Decision
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On June 29th, the Supreme Court's two major decisions relating to race in college admissions overturned decades of precedent and collective progress. MEJA and API CANs are hosting a virtual panel disc...0 CommentsComment on Facebook
A 92 minute trip to get from East Boston to the O'Bryant. And round trip took 4.5 hours. This is what would be facing EB students if the school moves to West Roxbury. So much for access.
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An O’Bryant Middle School student from East Boston tries out his future commute via bus, train, and feet.0 CommentsComment on Facebook
The plan to move the O'Bryant was made with no input from the O'Bryant community, Roxbury community or community at-large. It also contradicts all BPS' claims in 2018 about the West Roxbury school building. Plus... what happened to BPS' long-standing concerns about "closer-to-home"?!? Guess it's closer-to-home for the WRox crowd, but not for the majority of Black and brown students who attend the school.
Please sign this petition by the O'Bryant community.
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The O’Bryant Community has consistently inquired throughout this academic year about what the future of the O'Bryant will look like and how the O’Bryant students and educators will be impacted thr...0 CommentsComment on Facebook
Advocacy for Quality, Equity, and Transparency Within the Boston Public Schools System
QUEST Survey About Before and After School Care in BPS
Encuesta de QUEST Sobre Cuidado Antes y Después de la Escuela en BPS
Recognizing that surround care is a resource disproportionately distributed throughout the district, QUEST is conducting a survey to better understand what surround care options are available at BPS elementary schools. This information will be shared with prospective BPS families as well as the city’s Office of Early Childhood. Please click here to take the survey.
Reconociendo que el cuidado antes y después de la escuela es un recurso distribuido de manera desproporcionada en todo el distrito, QUEST está llevando a cabo una encuesta para comprender mejor qué opciones de cuidado antes y después de la escuela están disponibles en las escuelas primarias de BPS. Esta información se compartirá con las futuras familias de BPS y también con la Oficina de Primera Infancia de la ciudad. Por favor haga clic aquí para tomar la encuesta
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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