Readers responded with a host of views and suggestions in response to a front-page story seeking a "nuclear option" to address postpandemic learning gaps.
At Wednesday’s public meeting, Boston School Committee Chairwoman Jeri Robinson offered what seemed to be an unscripted reflection on the sorry state of affairs in the district.
The poll results come as city and district leaders face continued scrutiny over the vast disparities in academic and extracurricular offerings between the district’s ultra-competitive exam schools and the open-enrollment high schools.
Frustration is rife among families, school leaders, and education watchdogs, who say they were blindsided by the city’s ambitious proposal to overhaul the Madison Park and O’Bryant high schools.
The Boston Schools Fund, a non-profit organization that seeks to advance educational equity in Boston, has announced a second round of funding as part of its $2.3 million PEAK Grants (Partnering with Educators to Accelerate Knowledge) partnership with the Boston Public Schools (BPS). This allotment is focused on supporting high-quality literacy instruction and improving