Links to old QUEST Facebook posts, including news and articles of interest in the area of:
Educational Quality

Study: Schools shame kids for unpaid meals
Study shows some MA schools shaming kids

A Surprising Number Of Boston Public Schools Don’t Have Functioning Libraries
Sadly, we’re not surprised how many BPS

Turn and face the strange (state accountability shift)
Helpful update on the changes to the

New law clears way for bilingual teaching in Mass. public schools
Thankful for all the great education activists

BPS makes changes at alternative high school
Greater Egleston continues to be destabilized: many

East Boston’s schools have a blueprint for teaching English
Great work with English Language Learners in

‘This is a great day for the children in the Commonwealth’
Bilingual ed is ok again, overturning “Unz

Boston weighs changing school start times
https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2017/11/14/boston-weighs-changing-school-start-times/QPJSXLuPEQErG2C8cndVeJ/story.html

MCAS test has done nothing to improve school quality
“Isn’t it time we listen to 25

Program looks to fight bullying by teaching kids to resolve conflict themselves
Three-year restorative justice program will be launched

How well is “inclusion” working in Boston?
What happens if you skimp on $

Early data shows low scores on new MCAS tests
Early results from new MCAS test aren’t

Girls of color in Boston schools face academic disparities
“The school-to-prison pipeline is growing for girls.

Lawmaker wants new measure of school success
“It is very, very bad for students,

26 Boston schools at risk of being declared ‘underperforming’
Let’s look at these schools holistically, not

Mass. school evaluations called ‘unfair’
Fordham Institute states the obvious: DESE measures


Senate approves bilingual education measure
“Far from a done deal,” but we’re

In a bid to save $5m, city schools will slice bus routes
Looks what fall will bring: potentially 40
