Community Voices

With no foes, ex-teacher has broad support to be next school union prez

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Future BTU President, Jessica Tang: “We want our community of parents and students to know that we are fighting with them on these broader social justice issues. Policy should be made bottom-up, not top-down. It’s parents, students and families who know what the needs are.”

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

LeBron Opens Non-Charter School, Confuses Charter Fans

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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

BPS budget comes under fire

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The Opportunity and Achievement Task Force testified last night: “[We are] opposed to the 2017-2018 budget as it is currently written because it will have a negative impact on the district’s efforts to eliminate opportunity and achievement gaps, particularly for students attending low-performing schools,” said task force member Ayele Shakur, reading from a statement. “By using the current Weighted Student Funding Formula as its foundation, the SY18 budget systematically disinvests in the district’s lowest performing schools that have the greatest needs.”

http://baystatebanner.com/news/2017/mar/22/bps-budget-comes-under-fire/