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Parents and teachers team up to fight new BPS policy on English learners
Parents and teachers team up to fight new BPS policy on English learners
They cite evidence that bilingual education is best for children
Schoolyard News
May 14
Students rally today for better buildings, cleaner bathrooms, more diverse staff
Students rally today for better buildings, cleaner bathrooms, more diverse staff
They say many schools lack essential facilities science labs, libraries, gyms
Schoolyard News
May 14
Why do BPS officials want to put English learners in general education?
Why do BPS officials want to put English learners in general education?
Possible explanations for a shift that’s contrary to research and even to official policy
Schoolyard News
May 13
Boston study showed children are harmed when schools reduce the use of home languages
Boston study showed children are harmed when schools reduce the use of home languages
Local researchers looked at the effects of the 2002 statewide ban on most bilingual education. Have current BPS leaders read it?
Schoolyard News
May 8
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May 7
The conflict over English learners: BPS officials have been reducing the use of home language for years
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Schoolyard News
May 6
Is your school a possible target for merger or closure?
A new spreadsheet from a community coalition…
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Schoolyard News
Apr 24
When the teacher keeps changing
Children miss out when the class has either no leader or a succession
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Schoolyard News
Apr 23
Dual enrollment, early college, year 13, free community college…
but not for all
Despite state law…
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Apr 22
St. Stephen’s parents talk about their meeting with Mary Skipper on bilingual education
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Apr 8
Tempers flare on Henderson Governing Board as BPS official pauses search for new principal
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Schoolyard News
Apr 3
Low-scoring students have not gained in the era of test score “accountability”
“We had appendicitis…
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