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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Posted inCriminal Justice
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 […]
Posted inEducation
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 […]
Posted inEducation
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 […]
Posted inBy The Numbers, Education
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, […]
Posted inThe Download
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 […]
Posted inEducation
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 […]
Posted inEducation
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” […]
Posted inEducation
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 […]
Posted inEducation
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 […]
Posted inEducation
For Boston schools, a reckoning with no simple answers
THINK OF DANIELLE MILLER and Mary Tamer as the rock and hard place between which state and city leaders sit as they try to figure out a plan for the […]
Posted inEducation
Riley looking for pact with Boston, not receivership
STATE EDUCATION COMMISSIONER Jeff Riley said the Boston Public Schools face a “myriad of problems,” from special education and English language learner services in disarray to data systems reporting inaccurate […]
Posted inEducation
State review slams Boston schools
A HIGHLY ANTICIPATED new state review of the Boston Public Schools paints a picture of a system in deep disarray, where some of the problems identified in a state report […]
Posted inNews Analysis
Riley forcing a reckoning on Boston schools
THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS are a mess, but it’s not clear what will or should be done about it. That’s the situation as the district approaches a moment of reckoning […]
Posted inEducation
Boston mayoral candidates steer clear of firm goals for students
WHEN IT COMES to electing a mayor willing to take on the huge challenges facing the long-struggling Boston Public Schools, it seemed like this was the year that the stars […]
Posted inEducation
State to assert new oversight of Boston schools
STATE AND CITY leaders have agreed to an unusual plan for oversight of the long-struggling Boston public schools, one that keeps the district in local hands but will set firm […]
Posted inEducation
Boston paid $3.6M to winnow teachers from ‘excess pool’
IN A MOVE to cut costs and rid the school district of tenured teachers not getting hired for standard classroom positions, Boston quietly paid out about $3.6 million between 2013 […]
Posted inEducation
Boston superintendent gets super relocation allowance
INCOMING BOSTON school superintendent Brenda Cassellius signed a three-year contract with the city that provides some of the standard perks for a top-level hire, including reimbursement for moving expenses involved […]
Posted inEducation
On Boston superintendent pick, mayor’s view looms large
THE THREE FINALISTS for the Boston school superintendent position each faced six-and-half hours of public questioning this week. Each candidate spent a long day going before panels made up of […]
Posted inArts and Culture
Arts should be core to education, not an optional add-on
I’M EXCITED TO welcome more than 5,000 fellow arts educators from the National Art Education Association to Boston this weekend. At the same time, I’m worried about the state of […]
Posted inEducation
Tiptoeing into the exam school admission debate
THE GLOBE REPORTS TODAY that the Boston Public Schools are “exploring the idea of replacing the controversial exam” that determines acceptance to the city’s three selective-admission schools. Interim superintendent Laura […]
Posted inThe Download
Tiptoeing into the exam school admission debate
The Globe reports today that the Boston Public Schools are “exploring the idea of replacing the controversial exam” that determines acceptance to the city’s three selective-admission schools. Interim superintendent Laura […]
Posted inEducation
Globe series exposes dismal reality about Boston schools
WE DIDN’T NEED a multi-part, multimedia series of reports to know the Boston Public Schools fail to deliver a first-rate education to many students. Achievement scores and college completion rates […]
Posted inThe Download
Globe series exposes dismal reality about Boston schools
We didn’t need a multi-part, multimedia series of reports to know the Boston Public Schools fail to deliver a first-rate education to many students. Achievement scores and college completion rates […]