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Boston Parents Schoolyard News

·6 days ago

Ask a self-advocate: student safety

[Leer en Español] Jevon Okundaye is the Program Assistant for the Massachusetts Advocates for Children’s Racial Equity and Access Program (REAP) and a former MAC Young Adult Leader Fellow. This article originally appeared on MAC’s “Race and Disability” web page and is reposted with permission. Jevon is a Black autistic…

Boston Public Schools

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Ask a self-advocate: student safety
Ask a self-advocate: student safety
Boston Public Schools

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Boston Parents Schoolyard News

·6 days ago

Pregúntele a un defensor de sí mismo: seguridad de los estudiantes

[Read in English] Jevon Okundaye es asistente del programa del Programa de Acceso y Equidad Racial (REAP, por sus siglas en inglés) de MAC y ex becario líder de jóvenes adultos de MAC. Esta publicación forma parte de la página web “Raza y Discapacidad” de MAC. Jevon es un joven…

Boston Public Schools

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Pregúntele a un defensor de sí mismo: seguridad de los estudiantes
Pregúntele a un defensor de sí mismo: seguridad de los estudiantes
Boston Public Schools

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Boston Parents Schoolyard News

·Sep 13

Administration makes a U-turn on Madison Park admissions

Skipper drops proposal that could screen out many students — but will the new system apply to all students, or just some? — By Alain Jehlen The School Committee seems set tonight to approve a new admissions system for Madison Park High School that’s radically different from what Superintendent Mary Skipper originally proposed. Credit where credit is due: The change is apparently due to School Committee opposition to the plan she put forward…

Boston Public Schools

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Administration makes a U-turn on Madison Park admissions
Administration makes a U-turn on Madison Park admissions
Boston Public Schools

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Boston Parents Schoolyard News

·Sep 12

BPS teacher finds the “Excellence For All” capstone project excites her fifth graders

But it’s tough to integrate with MCAS prep — By Alain Jehlen (Second of two articles on Excellence For All) The elementary school Excellence for All program was launched in 2016 to upgrade learning for all children. It was intended to replace Advanced Work Class (AWC), which separated out students believed to be high achievers based on a Terra…

Boston Public Schools

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BPS teacher finds the “Excellence For All” capstone project excites her fifth graders
BPS teacher finds the “Excellence For All” capstone project excites her fifth graders
Boston Public Schools

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Boston Parents Schoolyard News

·Jul 7

El largo camino hasta West Roxbury

Un estudiante de la escuela O’Bryant prueba su futuro recorrido desde East Boston en autobús, tren y a pie. — [read in English] [Miembros de la comunidad de la escuela O’Bryant han organizado una petición contra la propuesta de mudar la escuela de Roxbury a West Roxbury.] Benny Balderston, que cursará octavo grado en el año escolar 23–24, se enteró del plan para trasladar la escuela John D. O’Bryant a…

Boston Public Schools

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El largo camino hasta West Roxbury
El largo camino hasta West Roxbury
Boston Public Schools

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Boston Parents Schoolyard News

·Jul 7

The looooong trek to the WREC

An O’Bryant Middle School student from East Boston tries out his future commute via bus, train, and feet. — [leer en español] [Members of the O’Bryant community have started a petition drive against the proposal to move their school from Roxbury to West Roxbury.] Rising eighth-grade student Benny Balderston heard about the plan to move the John D. O’Bryant High School to a renovated West Roxbury Education Complex at…

Boston Public Schools

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The looooong trek to the WREC
The looooong trek to the WREC
Boston Public Schools

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Boston Parents Schoolyard News

·Jun 29

BLCA/McCormack governing board asks BPS to give them the building they were promised

Officials pledged to provide a “21st-century learning space.” Will they deliver? — Parents and faculty of the merged Boston Community Leadership Academy/McCormack Middle School appealed to the School Committee last week to make the BPS administration keep its promise to give them an up-to-date building. “We’re still lacking some of the basic foundations required for a fully functioning school,” said BCLA/McCormack governing…

Boston Public Schools

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BLCA/McCormack governing board asks BPS to give them the building they were promised
BLCA/McCormack governing board asks BPS to give them the building they were promised
Boston Public Schools

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Boston Parents Schoolyard News

·Jun 26

Teaching the Black Panther Party: Boston’s #TeachTruth Event

“The Black Panther Party knew that their liberation was contingent on the liberation of everybody” — BPS Educator J.D. By Chris Buttimer, Amrita Dani, and Andrea Mejia Educators and students from the Boston Public Schools and other greater Boston schools, along with other community members, gathered at a teach-in on…

Boston Public Schools

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Teaching the Black Panther Party: Boston’s #TeachTruth Event
Teaching the Black Panther Party: Boston’s #TeachTruth Event
Boston Public Schools

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Boston Parents Schoolyard News

·Jun 22

O’B alumni and parents blast plan to move their school to West Roxbury

“This cannot be!” — BPS officials got an earful Tuesday night from John D. O’Bryant High School alumni and parents who demanded that they scrap the plan to move the school to West Roxbury. About 200 people came to the school community Zoom meeting, which was called by the BPS administration to talk about…

Boston Public Schools

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O’B alumni and parents blast plan to move their school to West Roxbury
O’B alumni and parents blast plan to move their school to West Roxbury
Boston Public Schools

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Boston Parents Schoolyard News

·Jun 21

Community coalition questions plan to move O’Bryant High School to West Roxbury

The BuildBPS/Green New Deal Stakeholders Coalition has released a statement questioning Mayor Michelle Wu’s plan to move the John D. O’Bryant High School from Roxbury to West Roxbury, calling it the latest example of city officials claiming to promote equity while doing the inequitable.

Boston Public Schools

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Community coalition questions plan to move O’Bryant High School to West Roxbury
Community coalition questions plan to move O’Bryant High School to West Roxbury
Boston Public Schools

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