A BPS vendor charging $2,000/day and BPS pays. Sounds like McKinsey.
Month: April 2017
Parents call for release of data on equity in BPS assignment policy
Last week’s “School Assignment Anniversary Party” posed the question “Where’s the data?” A thorough recap of the event is here.
PTA Gift for Someone Else’s Child? A Touchy Subject in California
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
Discrimination Nearly Stalled a Dual-Language Program in Boston
Some history on the Haitian-Creole dual language program that will open at the Mattahunt in the fall.
House makes it official: Vouchers are a no-go
Texas House rejected vouchers and similar programs that funnel state money to non-public education. T-E-X-A-S!
Teaching collaborative brings together Boston’s public, charter, Catholic schools
“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.
Privatization schemes are hurting Massachusetts
“Eye on Privatization”: watch the video “Privatization and Public Policy”!
The masquerade of school choice: a parent’s story
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.”