EVERY BOSTON CHILD deserves access to a high-quality education. Despite years of discussion about the need to close achievement and opportunity gaps, this has been an unfulfilled promise to Boston children and their families caught in a system of “haves and have-nots” when it comes to high-quality school options. As a result, our city’s education […]
Kerry Donahue
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Boston’s long-unfulfilled promise to high school students
WITH THE SCHOOL YEAR underway, most students have happily returned to familiar buildings and classrooms. But for students who attend the Edward M. Kennedy Academy for Health Careers (EMK), an in-district charter high school within Boston Public Schools, it’s been a painful reminder of their school’s 16-year search for a permanent home. After having a […]