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Month: April 2017

Boston Public Schools in trouble for massive overpay of consultant

February 26, 2018April 15, 2017 by questadmin

A BPS vendor charging $2,000/day and BPS pays. Sounds like McKinsey.

http://www.bostonherald.com/news/local_politics/2017/04/boston_public_schools_in_trouble_for_massive_overpay_of_consultant

Categories BPS Funding

Parents call for release of data on equity in BPS assignment policy

February 26, 2018April 12, 2017 by questadmin

Last week’s “School Assignment Anniversary Party” posed the question “Where’s the data?” A thorough recap of the event is here.

http://baystatebanner.com/news/2017/apr/12/parents-call-release-data-equity-bps-assignment-po/?page=1

Categories School Assignment

PTA Gift for Someone Else’s Child? A Touchy Subject in California

February 26, 2018April 10, 2017 by questadmin

Pooling donations from schools across the district and distributing them equally to all schools– an interesting idea for Boston, where some schools have a lot and some schools have none.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/08/us/california-pta-fund-raising-inequality.html?_r=0

Categories School Reform Initiatives

Discrimination Nearly Stalled a Dual-Language Program in Boston

February 26, 2018April 9, 2017 by questadmin

Some history on the Haitian-Creole dual language program that will open at the Mattahunt in the fall.

https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2017/04/how-discrimination-nearly-prevented-a-dual-language-program-in-boston/522174/

Categories Community Voices, School Reform Initiatives

House makes it official: Vouchers are a no-go

February 26, 2018April 6, 2017 by questadmin

Texas House rejected vouchers and similar programs that funnel state money to non-public education. T-E-X-A-S!

http://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/politics/texas/article/House-makes-it-official-vouchers-are-a-no-go-11055341.php?t=d653d3e91f438d9cbb&cmpid=twitter-premium

Categories School Reform Initiatives

Teaching collaborative brings together Boston’s public, charter, Catholic schools

February 26, 2018April 4, 2017 by questadmin

“The Compact is as much about what you don’t see as what you do,” says Rachel Weinstein, Chief Collaboration Officer of the Compact. Indeed.

https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2017/04/03/citywide-teaching-collaborative-brings-public-charter-catholic-school-teachers-together/mP8VjSKWu2oOgNeA1ctNtL/story.html

Categories Charter Schools

Privatization schemes are hurting Massachusetts

February 26, 2018April 4, 2017 by questadmin

“Eye on Privatization”: watch the video “Privatization and Public Policy”!

https://youtu.be/Zueg5aKcnYM

Categories Charter Schools, School Reform Initiatives

Citing Right to Education, Advocates Seek Sanctuary Status for Boston Schools

February 26, 2018April 4, 2017 by questadmin

https://rightscapes.wordpress.com/…/citing-right-to…/

Categories Community Voices

The masquerade of school choice: a parent’s story

February 26, 2018April 1, 2017 by questadmin

The Masquerade of School Choice: “Don’t let school choice trick you. The best way to provide quality across social class, race and ethnicity is to invest in public schools.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/answer-sheet/wp/2017/04/01/the-masquerade-of-school-choice-a-parents-story/?utm_term=.0bf6c1c53d8d

Categories School Reform Initiatives
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