Quality of Education Archives - QUEST https://questparents.org/category/bps-quality-of-education/ Quality Education for Every Student Sun, 19 May 2019 16:19:30 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 https://questparents.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/QUEST-fav-512-x-512-50x50.png Quality of Education Archives - QUEST https://questparents.org/category/bps-quality-of-education/ 32 32 Study: Schools shame kids for unpaid meals https://questparents.org/study-schools-shame-kids-for-unpaid-meals/ Wed, 07 Mar 2018 21:04:24 +0000 https://questparents.org/?p=2954 Study shows some MA schools shaming kids who can’t afford lunch– serving a cheap sandwich, barring sports and field trips and withholding report cards. Way to close the achievement gap. http://www.bostonherald.com/news/local_politics/2018/03/study_schools_shame_kids_for_unpaid_meals

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]]> A Surprising Number Of Boston Public Schools Don’t Have Functioning Libraries https://questparents.org/a-surprising-number-of-boston-public-schools-dont-have-functioning-libraries/ Wed, 17 Jan 2018 17:21:44 +0000 https://questparents.org/?p=2894 Sadly, we’re not surprised how many BPS schools don’t have libraries. This is a long standing problem. https://news.wgbh.org/2016/10/25/local-news/surprising-number-boston-public-schools-dont-have-functioning-libraries

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]]> Turn and face the strange (state accountability shift) https://questparents.org/turn-and-face-the-strange-state-accountability-shift/ https://questparents.org/turn-and-face-the-strange-state-accountability-shift/#respond Sat, 30 Dec 2017 03:10:24 +0000 https://questparents.org/?p=1458 Helpful update on the changes to the state accountability measure, by Tracy O’Connell Novick. https://who-cester.blogspot.com/2017/12/turn-and-face-strange-state.html

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]]> https://questparents.org/turn-and-face-the-strange-state-accountability-shift/feed/ 0 New law clears way for bilingual teaching in Mass. public schools https://questparents.org/new-law-clears-way-for-bilingual-teaching-in-mass-public-schools/ Thu, 23 Nov 2017 00:10:33 +0000 https://questparents.org/?p=1355 Thankful for all the great education activists and educators out there who keep pushing for policies that make sense for our kids. Today, especially thankful for those that pushed for this. http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2017/11/22/baker-signs-bilingual-education-bill/XtYnsI3vW7ZQEXBpUxN0VN/story.html?event=event25

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]]> BPS makes changes at alternative high school https://questparents.org/bps-makes-changes-at-alternative-high-school/ Thu, 23 Nov 2017 00:04:31 +0000 https://questparents.org/?p=1352 Greater Egleston continues to be destabilized: many un-enrolled students are still off the rolls, programmatic changes are being made without approval of governing board, and unexpected rule changes are being implemented without documentation. BPS can do better! http://baystatebanner.com/news/2017/nov/22/bps-makes-changes-alternative-high-school/?page=1

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]]> East Boston’s schools have a blueprint for teaching English https://questparents.org/east-bostons-schools-have-a-blueprint-for-teaching-english/ Tue, 21 Nov 2017 23:53:46 +0000 https://questparents.org/?p=1349 Great work with English Language Learners in East Boston BPS. http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2017/11/20/east-boston-schools-find-success-with-students-learning-english/Fg29PaNLgQA6i90SZSzAnK/story.html

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]]> ‘This is a great day for the children in the Commonwealth’ https://questparents.org/this-is-a-great-day-for-the-children-in-the-commonwealth/ Wed, 15 Nov 2017 23:51:15 +0000 https://questparents.org/?p=1346 Bilingual ed is ok again, overturning “Unz Initiative” passed 15 years ago. https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2017/11/15/mass-house-approves-bilingual-education/wjlTjinQk6WU4RO7ySCyFM/story.html

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]]> Boston weighs changing school start times https://questparents.org/boston-weighs-changing-school-start-times/ Wed, 15 Nov 2017 23:40:55 +0000 https://questparents.org/?p=1342 https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2017/11/14/boston-weighs-changing-school-start-times/QPJSXLuPEQErG2C8cndVeJ/story.html

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]]> MCAS test has done nothing to improve school quality https://questparents.org/mcas-test-has-done-nothing-to-improve-school-quality/ Thu, 09 Nov 2017 23:35:16 +0000 https://questparents.org/?p=1339 “Isn’t it time we listen to 25 years of evidence showing that our test-based accountability system is perpetuating a ‘charade,’ as Harvard Professor Daniel Koretz calls it? Isn’t it time we abandon the idea that we can test our way to quality and equity?” Lisa Guisbond, Citizens for Public Schools. http://baystatebanner.com/news/2017/nov/09/mcas-test-has-done-nothing-improve-school-quality/?page=1

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]]> Program looks to fight bullying by teaching kids to resolve conflict themselves https://questparents.org/program-looks-to-fight-bullying-by-teaching-kids-to-resolve-conflict-themselves/ Fri, 27 Oct 2017 21:49:23 +0000 https://questparents.org/?p=1333 Three-year restorative justice program will be launched in 30 Boston high school and middle schools. http://www.bostonherald.com/news/local_coverage/2017/10/program_looks_to_fight_bullying_by_teaching_kids_to_resolve_conflict?amp

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