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While most Boston schools remained closed, one opened its doors. Yet almost no one came
By Bianca Vázquez Toness Globe Staff,Updated April 22, 2021, 1 hour ago
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The Great Divide is an investigative series that explores educational inequality in Boston and statewide. with story ideas and tips.
On a frigid late winter afternoon, three lone students exited the William McKinley Preparatory High School at the end of the school day. Each of them climbed into a waiting yellow school bus â which he occupied entirely on his own.
Thatâs despite the fact that more than three dozen students were eligible to attend the building in person at the time â a rarity in a school district that until March was functioning almost entirely remotely.
As the students have spent month-upon-month engaged in online learning, officials at all levels of government have expressed concerns about the wellbeing of the young learners and debated the path for getting kids back into classrooms. Through all the back-and-forth over the best steps for returning to hybrid or in-person learning, students have continued to do their best despite the disruption, isolation, and challenges they face on a daily basis from the pandemic.
To learn more about what students are experiencing, we asked five students in the Boston Public School district to share their concerns, their feedback for officials, and what they hope others can learn from what they have gone through since the pandemic began.
April 15, 2021
A federal judge has upheld the Boston School District’s temporary admissions policy for its three exam schools, reaffirming that there won’t be an admissions test for entrance this fall.
Due to concerns last fall over COVID-19 and racial disparities, the city’s School Committee had voted to pause the exam usually required to attend O’Bryant School of Mathematics and Science, Boston Latin School, and Boston Latin Academy.
But the decision didn’t come without strong opinions, and protests, both for and against the move.
Instead of the exam, students are planned to be admitted to the schools based on 2019 MCAS scores, their grades, and their zip code.
Globe education reporter earns top prize for coverage of inequity in Massachusetts schools
By Nick Stoico Globe Correspondent,Updated April 13, 2021, 2 hours ago
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Boston Globe education reporter Bianca Vázquez Toness was awarded the top prize for beat reporting by the Education Writers Association for her work uncovering inequity in Massachusetts school districts, the organization said Tuesday.
The award recognizes Toness for her reporting that highlighted âsystemic failures and abuses during the pandemic â and beyond â through the stories of the students and parents most deeply affected,â
the association said in a statement.
âNearly all of her pieces were told not only through on-the-record accounts of families but also supportive documents and data that illuminated the depth and scale of the problem,â the association said. âThat powerful combination has routinely forced state and local leaders to rethink their policies an