What happens if you skimp on $ for inclusion? Read on.
https://schoolyardnews.com/how-well-is-inclusion-working-in-boston-fd1dbddb4bd1
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What If Those Great Schools Massachusetts Ads Disclosed the Real Donors?
Q2 funders: “Had voters seen the honest disclosure they’d have realized that the campaign wasn’t coming from parents and educators but from a handful of Massachusetts plutocrats.”
Walsh rejects charter enrollment bill with his name on it
Re. the bill that was supposedly NOT written by Walsh’s office… “According to the bill’s lead sponsor, Rep. Alice Peisch, Walsh supplied the text and she filed it at his request. “This particular bill I filed at the request of the mayor of Boston, which is a common practice as a courtesy. I filed exactly what his office sent to me,” Peisch said.
http://baystatebanner.com/news/2017/oct/18/walsh-rejects-charter-enrollment-bill-his-name-it/
Not such a ‘nothingburger’ after all
“I trusted the organizations I supported to handle their fund-raising and disclosures appropriately,” said Sagan. Is that how he oversees charter schools too?
BuildBPS: Approach with Caution
Reflections on Build BPS by parent Nora McManus Vincent: “BuildBPS has five stated immediate actions, which include new furniture and computers but not one word about student health and safety. Each time the city shifts focus away from health and safety and toward shiny new furniture, it seems less like chance and more like a trend.”
https://schoolyardnews.com/buildbps-approach-with-caution-b2443c360fd8
Quiet push for unified enrollment
“Quiet Push for Unified Enrollment”: Walsh’s proposed bill in the state house, silence at the School Committee, and the influence of the private Boston Compact… this covers it all.
http://baystatebanner.com/news/2017/oct/11/quiet-push-unified-enrollment/?page=1
Court hears charter cap case appeal
Thanks Mass Lawyers Committee for defending the rights of public school students and asserting that the financial well-being of district schools is critical to the education of ELL and students with special needs… and the vast majority of students in the city.
http://baystatebanner.com/news/2017/oct/05/court-hears-charter-cap-case-appeal/?page=1
Early data shows low scores on new MCAS tests
Early results from new MCAS test aren’t so great. Must mean our schools stink and our teachers aren’t doing their jobs.
http://baystatebanner.com/news/2017/oct/05/early-data-shows-low-scores-new-mcas-tests/?page=1
Greater Egleston HS community protests program changes and ‘disenrollments’
Greater Egleston High School students, parents, educators and community members met last night and are planning to speak out at School Committee tonight. Read about it here.
House Bill (H2876) for charter opt-out of lottery
Interesting to read this House Bill (H2876) being proposed by Mayor Walsh and Reps. Peisch, Hunt and Carvalho, up in hearings tomorrow morning. It includes an “opt out lottery” for charter schools and a geographical restriction to the charter schools, if the schools wants it. Precursors to Unified Enrollment?