Boston Coalition for Education Equity
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@BosEdEquity
Organizing for equitable admissions to Boston’s long-segregated “Exam” Schools and restoring Boston’s civil right to vote for its School Committee.
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu faces criticism from progressives bostonglobe.com/2024/01/18/met… via @BostonGlobe
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu faces criticism from progressives bostonglobe.com/2024/01/18/met… via @BostonGlobe
REMINDER: If you’re voting in District 3 today & care about restoring Boston’s ELECTED SCHOOL COMMITTEE, here’s where candidates stand: ❌NO CHANGE (MAYORAL CONTROL) John FitzGerald Matt Patton ✅ELECTED Jennifer Johnson Joel Richards Barry Lawton 🟨HYBRID Ann Walsh #bospoli
Are you skeptical that Harvard president Claudine Gay, who is paid over $1 million per year, was not chosen based on merit, but rather on her race and gender?
English Task Force members resign to protest BPS administration decision to put children who speak little English in classes where academic instruction is only in English. “the plans as presented will be harmful” #bostonschools #bilingualeducation #bospoli schoolyardnews.com/most-english-l…
Live in District 3 & voted for ELECTED School Committee? City Council must approve change. Here’s where preliminary candidates stand: ✅ELECTED Jennifer Johnson Joel Richards Barry Lawton 🟨HYBRID Ann Walsh ❌NO CHANGE (MAYORAL CONTROL) John FitzGerald Matt Patton #bospoli
Live in District 3 & voted for ELECTED School Committee? City Council must approve change. Here’s where preliminary candidates stand: ✅ELECTED Jennifer Johnson Joel Richards Barry Lawton 🟨HYBRID Ann Walsh ❌NO CHANGE (MAYORAL CONTROL) John FitzGerald Matt Patton #bospoli
Here’s how District 3 candidates responded to our survey dotnews.com/2023/here-s-ho…
Students in every zip code deserve equal access to public education and the benefits of diverse classrooms. Today, I led a coalition of AGs supporting Boston Public Schools' 2021-2022 admissions plan distributing spots at top exam schools equitably between neighborhoods.
Context on Boston Parents shocking lawsuit & universal opposition to it, 🧵👇🏼 This was never just about exam schools. Parents engaged attys from Koch-funded Pacific Legal so their case could be part of a coordinated RW attack on Affirmative Action & the Voting Rights Act.#bospoli
Heard @BosPublicRadio convo on potential use of socioeconomic factors in admissions post-SCOTUS Harvard Affirmative Action decision. P Reville ignored pending Fed lawsuit on Boston Exam School admissions designed to close that door. Pernicious nat’l impact/local origin—More here:
