Inside Fenway’s MGM Music Hall, Mayor Michelle Wu gave her second address, taking a victory lap while gearing up for a reelection effort.
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Poll finds big safety concerns among Boston public school parents
AMID GROWING CONCERNS over violence in Boston schools, a new poll finds that more than two-thirds of parents of Boston Public Schools students are worried about their children’s safety in school and three-quarters would support a return of police to the city’s schools. The survey, conducted by the MassINC Polling Group for the Shah Family Foundation, […]
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Study says Boston schools may face ‘fiscal cliff’
BOSTON’S PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM has weathered a steep decline in student enrollment in recent years without any major fiscal fallout, but that’s due largely to a big infusion of money from the city and COVID relief aid from the federal government. As that aid runs out and enrollment continues to fall, while costs continue to […]
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Boston Public Schools showcase innovation amid ongoing challenges
IN MANY WAYS, this new school year looks like a return to normal. But alongside the more familiar, deep and persistent challenges remain in many districts, and these concerns were exacerbated during the last two years. In Boston and across the region, we are faced with the challenge of not merely “returning to normal” because […]
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Parent satisfaction with Boston schools is falling, new poll shows
AFTER A FULL school year back in classrooms for in-person learning, parents of Boston Public Schools students have even less faith in the system than they did a year ago, according to a new poll. The poll, the fourth in a series of surveys conducted over the last year by the MassINC Polling Group for […]
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Wu walked fine line in superintendent pick
IT’S A FRAUGHT TIME for the Boston Public Schools – and not just because of the recent pressure from state officials, who held the threat of receivership over the system in order to reach an agreement with the city on an aggressive timeline for reform of basic district functions. The city, which has operated under […]
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Wu walked fine line in superintendent pick
IT’S A FRAUGHT TIME for the Boston Public Schools – and not just because of the recent pressure from state officials, who held the threat of receivership over the system in order to reach an agreement with the city on an aggressive timeline for reform of basic district functions. The city, which has operated under […]
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State control is not the answer for Boston’s public schools
EARLIER THIS YEAR, Gov. Charlie Baker and state Education Commissioner Jeff Riley seemed to be looking to leverage shock doctrine psychology and impose a school takeover scheme known as “receivership” to strip Boston communities of their power and to override democratic governance of the Boston Public Schools. It’s a policy maneuver that has failed students, […]
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Lessons for Boston on how schools and school districts improve
THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL system is in a moment of crisis. The state Department of Elementary and Secondary Education’s recently released report describes a dysfunctional system with fundamental student services and supports suffering as a result. As Boston and state leadership work toward a plan for partnership with the goal of addressing key areas, families, […]
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Boston submits school improvement proposal to state
IN RESPONSE TO a scathing state review documenting “entrenched dysfunction” in the Boston Public Schools, the city submitted a proposal Wednesday night to state education officials that vows to make changes across six broad areas that state Education Commissioner Jeff Riley said must be addressed in an improvement plan for the district. The proposed seven-page agreement […]