ILLUSTRATION BY SHEA JUSTICE FOR BINJ For more than 50 years, Metco has stood as a hallmark effort to address racial disparities in education. But for the progressive civil rights program to keep pace with the national dialogue around race, … [Read more...]
UNCTUOUS PILOT
Students, councilors turn up heat over broken payment promises by nonprofits On a cool, Friday afternoon in mid-October, about 100 elementary, middle, and high school students descended upon Northeastern University’s campus. The crowd, most … [Read more...]
WELCOME BACK!
Late buses, fiscal mismanagement, and administrative legal woes as BPS reopens As students and teachers return to the classroom this week, Boston Public Schools faces the fallout from an audit showing financial mismanagement at nearly every … [Read more...]
THE BATTLE OF FORT HILL
They rebuilt their Roxbury home from ruin, so now why won’t the city let them sell? Even among the magnificent mansions that stagger along the Highland Park skyline in Roxbury, the six-bedroom attraction at 88 Lambert Ave is … [Read more...]
WHEN SLOGANS REPLACE BIRTHRIGHTS
How corporate ed reform threatens democracy April 25, 2017 BY JASON PRAMAS @JASONPRAMAS Over the last couple of decades, it has become fashionable for Americans to attack our public education system. Behind these attacks is that most un-American … [Read more...]