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Despite hardships, many parents side with educators as Woburn teacher strike drags on
Even while Woburn parents have been forced to cope with the school closures, many scrambling to come up with alternative childcare arrangements, several parents expressed their support for their children’s teachers, blaming the mayor for the ongoing disruption to their lives.
A mother's journey, helping families navigate BPS and protecting her own from it
Key things to know about the Green New Deal for Boston Public Schools
The Green New Deal for BPS would greatly accelerate the pace of construction in a school system that has built fewer than a dozen new schools over the last 40 years, and where some buildings date to the 1800s.
Boston Public Schools’ proposed school safety positions draw outcry from juvenile justice advocates
Amid an outcry from juvenile justice advocates, who said the program would result in the over-policing of Black and Latino students, the city is reframing the effort as focused on connecting students with social services and other kinds of help.
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MCAS scores for schools across the state
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Massachusetts students hit 19-year low on national reading, math exams
Massachusetts is no longer top of the class on national report card, falling behind Wyoming in fourth grade math and New Jersey in eighth grade reading.
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Nation’s Report Card spells out urgency for local, state leaders to address learning lossesReading and math scores fell district, state, and nationwide in the National Assessment of Educational Progress, made public Monday. State and district leaders said the scores reinforce the need to work quickly to catch students up.
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New MCAS data underscore missed learning of the pandemic. What if kids can’t catch up?With the MCAS reinforcing prior data indicating many students are more than half a school year behind, the state and districts risk moving too slowly to make up that time.
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US Court of Appeals takes up Boston exam school caseThe temporary policy increased the percentages of Black and Latino applicants who secured admission to the city's exam schools while the rates for Asian-American and white applicants declined.
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School bathroom closures statewide drive rising tensions, pushback
Driven by efforts to curtail teen vaping, and prevent outbreaks of vandalism sparked by copycat trends on social media, the widespread crackdowns on bathroom access have left students in some schools with little access.
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How have Massachusetts school districts spent their $2.5 billion in federal COVID funds? Mostly, they still haven’t.Among the 78 districts and independent charter schools that have received over $5 million, the Atlantis Charter School in Fall River stands alone as the only one to have spent more than 90 percent. Only five others have spent even half.
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