QUEST on Facebook:
FamCOSa (Families for Covid Safety) is asking Mayor Wu to put two sensible safety measures in place for after winter break. If you agree, please sign the letter linked to below.
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COVID, FLU, and RSV are predicted to surge this winter, resulting in what has been called a tripledemic. Luckily, we do have proven public health tools! A recent study published in The New England Jou...BPS parent and QUEST member Travis Marshall live tweeted from BPS' Roslindale Green New Deal meeting. Great summary, great pics. Thanks, Travis!
BPS parent Travis Marshall’s live-tweeted report from the Roslindale meeting on school mergers and…
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Many sharp questions, few clear answers. Decision now scheduled for March. A hint that officials may intend to give the Irving building to…Thanks, St. Stephen's, for always setting a high standard for parent engagement. This is how it's done, BPS!
St. Stephen’s parents tell BPS officials about the problems they see in their schools and how to…
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Superintendent Skipper promises to come back and report how she’s done on the parents’ to-do list
QUEST mourns the passing of Najma Naz’yat, incredible youth organizer and voice for justice.
This video is an old one, but gives a sense of Najma's commitment to youth voice: “We put young people back in the center. We ask them to be the solution, the questioner, the answer, the responder.”
Advocacy for Quality, Equity, and Transparency Within the Boston Public Schools System
QUEST Parents Release Analysis of Boston Public School Fundraising
April 13, 2021
In 2018, Boston Public Schools did an audit of private fundraising in its 125 schools. The information was quietly released in school-by-school reports.
QUEST has now collated the data in easy-to-read spreadsheet, examined it for racial and socio-economic inequities, and requests further study and policies to address the disparities. We believe it’s especially critical to pay attention to this information now, as Boston examines its exam school admissions policies and schools struggle to recover from the effects of Covid-19.
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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