Mystic Valley Charter “marched black and biracial children down the hall to inspect their hair.” This was done in the name of “equity,” they said! WTH?!?
questadmin
Supt: Mattapan early ed school may get upper grades restored soon
Amazing Mattahunt parents spoke at School Committee last night. Super said grade expansion might happen sooner than originally thought.
Diversity progress at elite exam schools is lagging, study says
New report out on exam school diversity. Recent efforts “have fallen short,” according to civil rights advocates.
Revisiting the Question 2 messaging battle
Interesting thoughts re. the Q2 campaigns. Was confusion a big factor? Or did voters know exactly what they were doing once they got informed?
LeBron Opens Non-Charter School, Confuses Charter Fans
Lebron James is tackling the HS dropout rate via district schools. He’s “working within a system already in place, with educational experts who already work in the field, by setting up programs and a school that are designed to help children without any regard for enriching his own bank account.”
http://curmudgucation.blogspot.com/2017/05/lebron-opens-non-charter-school.html
Education Can’t Fix Poverty. So Why Keep Insisting that It Can?
How have schools become responsible for relieving the consequences of poverty? Read this.
Who is Impacted by #BPSBudget Cuts?
Kristin Johnson examines who’s left behind at BPS schools facing budget cuts, and who’s facing reductions in staffing, supplies and programming.
http://bostonpoliticaleducation.blogspot.com/2017/04/who-is-impacted-by-bpsbudget-cuts.html
Boston Public Schools in trouble for massive overpay of consultant
A BPS vendor charging $2,000/day and BPS pays. Sounds like McKinsey.
Parents call for release of data on equity in BPS assignment policy
Last week’s “School Assignment Anniversary Party” posed the question “Where’s the data?” A thorough recap of the event is here.
PTA Gift for Someone Else’s Child? A Touchy Subject in California
Pooling donations from schools across the district and distributing them equally to all schools– an interesting idea for Boston, where some schools have a lot and some schools have none.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/08/us/california-pta-fund-raising-inequality.html?_r=0