TO SAY THE Boston school system is in flux would be like suggesting the city’s drivers occasionally seem a tad aggressive on the roads. The district is about to say goodbye to its fifth superintendent in 10 years at the same time that the city is debating a possible change to the school governance structure […]
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Joseph Feaster, who led campaign for appointed Boston School Committee, has changed his mind
JOSEPH FEASTER SAYS he was wrong about an appointed School Committee in Boston. The one-time president of the Boston NAACP didn’t just support the earlier move to mayoral control of the schools and elimination of the city’s elected School Committee. He ran the 1996 ballot question campaign that got Boston voters to agree to retain […]
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Are exam schools really an academic promised land?
AFTER MONTHS OF debate amid heightened attention to racial justice issues, the Boston School Committee approved sweeping changes on Wednesday night to admission rules for the city’s three selective-entry 7-12 grade exam schools aimed at increasing diversity in their student populations. The school committee voted to revamp admission standards in a way that will have […]