Access the full article here: BPS Needs Real Accountability, Not State Intervention ..read more

School safety in the Boston Public Schools (BPS) is not as simple as taking a stand on police or metal detectors in schools. The real problem is that Superintendent Mary Skipper and Mayor Michelle Wu do not see schools as distinct communities ..read more

[Members of the O’Bryant community have started a petition drive against the proposal to move their school from Roxbury to West Roxbury ..read more

Mayor Michelle Wu’s vision for transforming Boston’s high schools begins with expanding the John D. O’Bryant School of Math and Science and Madison Park Technical Vocational High School. But among the questions left unanswered by the city’s proposal is, perhaps, its most controversial: Which schools will close to accommodate the staggering growth of both those schools ..read more

Demanding an end to the pattern of racism targeting Black and brown Boston Public Schools central office leaders, 15 retired high-ranking BPS leaders of color sent a letter to new Superintendent Mary Skipper on Aug. 24, 2022. In the letter, signees explained that “investigative meetings” and administrative leave were used to push out Black and brown leaders, seen as troublemakers. Read more here: https://www.baystatebanner.com/2022/11/02/will-skipper-change-the-bps-culture ..read more

Ten years after Boston Public Schools adopted a new code of conduct that included a framework known as “restorative justice,” which seeks among other things to resolve disputes without punitive discipline, the BPS Office of Restorative Justice team consists of just three full-time staff overseeing the implementation of restorative practices across some 125 schools ..read more

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A prolonged investigation into allegations that a dozen Boston Public Schools administrators of color have been pushed out of their jobs has left the former administrators and their allies frustrated and concerned. Current and former administrators in the BPS central office in Nubian Square have alleged the district used administrative leave and investigatory meetings — parts of the School Department’s process for disciplining employees — to force out top-ranking leaders in recent years ..read more

Boston Public Schools officials announced two finalists in the search for the district’s next superintendent. The two will be interviewed this week in a series of public meetings. Read full article here: https://www.baystatebanner.com/2022/06/22/two-candidates-will-be-interviewed-for-bps-superintendent ..read more

On June 6, Mayor Michelle Wu and Superintendent Mary Skipper announced their proposal to move the John D. O’Bryant School of Mathematics and Science from Roxbury to the West Roxbury Educational Complex. We understand many students, staff and families have conflicting feelings about this proposal, but as longtime Boston school teachers, we believe moving the city’s most diverse exam school to the least T-accessible neighborhood in the city is not in the best interests of our students ..read more