On the eve of the 50th anniversary of Judge Wendell Arthur Garrity’s ruling to order busing to desegregate Boston Public Schools, Bostonians involved in the case and its legacy gathered at the the Moakley Courthouse to discuss the reality and impact of one of the most influential chapters in the city’s history.
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Report: Massachusetts is leaving behind 225K students in ‘substandard segregated schools’
Decades after desegregation orders took root across the country, Massachusetts leaders have failed to correct a system keeping 225,000 students currently in “substandard segregated schools,” according a new report from a state oversight council.
Opponents, advocates each file to change language of ballot question nixing MCAS graduation requirement
Both sides of the MCAS debate have made motions in the Supreme Judicial Court to change the language of the proposed ballot question to nix use of the standardized test as a high school graduation requirement.
MCAS opponents double the number of signatures needed to advance ballot question
Advocates gather 25,000 signatures, twice the number needed, to advance a ballot question overturning the MCAS graduation requirement closer to the November ballot, the Massachusetts Teachers Association announced Thursday.
Editorial: In praise of nursing grads embarking on a challenging career
Yes, the path you have chosen is a difficult one. Those words, spoken by Kim Shea, dean of Nursing and Health Sciences, went out to the 94 graduates of Mount Wachusett Community College’s Associate Degree in Nursing program earlier this month. They occurred during the traditional pinning ceremony at the Mount Fitness facility in front […]
Massachusetts Education Secretary: Students should complete FAFSA ‘as soon as possible’ amid federal chaos
Students still have time to fill out their FAFSA forms in Massachusetts, state education officials said at Tuesday’s Board of Elementary and Secondary Education meeting, but should plan on doing so “as soon as possible” to navigate around the chaotic rollout of federal changes to the form.
