Boston: Voters Overwhelmingly Support Return to Elected School Board
Boston has had mayoral control of the schools since 1992. On November 2, the voters went to the polls and overwhelmingly supported the return of...
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Boston: The Minority Report on Admission to Exam Schools
I previously posted the decision by the Boston School Committee to change the requirements for admission to its elite examination schools. What I didn’t know...
Boston Globe: Parents Are Frustrated by Trying to School Their Children at Home
The Boston Globe interviewed parents and discovered a groundswell of exhaustion and frustration caused by the closure of schools and their new roles at home....
Boston: Falling Enrollment Forces Charter Chain to Retrench
The celebrated Boston charter City on a Hill is closing one of its schools and imposing budget cuts at another due to falling enrollments. Once...
Boston: New Superintendent Reduces Testing Overload!
Now here is good news! The new superintendent of the Boston Public Schools Brenda Casellius announced a reduction of district tests. This does not affect...
A True American Patriot and a Hero of Public Education
Neema Avashia learned that her middle school in Boston was going to close. She decided that she would stand and fight. She did. She...
Maurice Cunningham: A Privatizing Philanthropist Buys Space in the Boston Globe
Maurice Cunningham is a Professor at the University of Massachusetts who writes a blog that”follows the money.” He also happens to be one of the...
Boston: New Superintendent Is a Win for Parents and Community Groups
Christine Langhoff, retired teacher and education activist, welcomes Brenda Cassellius, Boston’s new Superintendent of Schools. She is not a Broadie, and she is not...
Boston Picks a New City Superintendent
The board of the Boston Public Schools selected Brenda Cassellius as its new superintendent. She is the former state superintendent in Minnesota, where she...
Chalkbeat: Attending a Selective High School Does NOT Confer Advantage
This is a story that made me happy. I graduated from a non-selective, open admissions public high school in Houston. It was untracked (but...