Quality of Education

M7 passes for all students? Read to understand.

http://baystatebanner.com/news/2017/jun/21/boston-school-students-advocate-free-bus-passes/?utm_source=Bay+State+Banner+June+22&utm_campaign=Banner+ENewsletter&utm_medium=email

BPS student Raquel Martinez walks 4 miles a day cause she doesn’t have an M7 T pass. Read her story!

https://schoolyardnews.com/why-boston-public-school-students-are-walking-4-miles-every-day-to-receive-their-education-3d65574c6b01

Black and Latino students are 50{122811316cfd5b88780f51fede8567be755cf1c68a0121e0e17981680b9735a7} more likely than whites to have inexperienced teachers and 3x more likely to have teachers who aren’t highly qualified. Unacceptable!

http://www.bostonherald.com/news/local_coverage/2017/05/state_report_highlights_inequities_in_black_latino_ed

Amazing Mattahunt parents spoke at School Committee last night. Super said grade expansion might happen sooner than originally thought.

http://www.bostonherald.com/news/local_coverage/2017/05/supt_mattapan_early_ed_school_may_get_upper_grades_restored_soon

New report out on exam school diversity. Recent efforts “have fallen short,” according to civil rights advocates.

http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2017/05/09/admissions-boston-latin-school-other-exam-schools-lacking-diversity-advocates-say/hwlwBqU9zNm0ZfRzMQeSVJ/story.html?event=event25