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In recent years, BPS’ plans to close schools have inspired fiery resistance. But there was almost no outcry before the vote Wednesday night — in part because these closures were so long in coming. 

Boston Superintendent Brenda Cassellius introduces two significant proposals that would revamp campuses and create more rigorous high school graduation requirements.

Boston to close Jackson Mann K-8 School in Allston By James Vaznis Globe Staff,Updated May 6, 2021, 1:43 p.m. Email to a Friend Boston school officials are planning to close the Jackson Mann K-8 School in Allston as they push forward with a school construction program and facing a dramatic decline in enrollment. Officials notified staff and families about closing the school at the end of the next school year during a meeting on Wednesday, ending nearly two years of consternation over the school...

Women gather in Boston to take stand against anti-Asian violence Share Updated: 7:00 PM EDT Apr 18, 2021 Women gather in Boston to take stand against anti-Asian violence Share Updated: 7:00 PM EDT Apr 18, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript NATHALIE: WOMEN COMING TOGETHER STANDING IN SOLIDARITY WITH THE ASIAN AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDERS COMMUNITY. THE STRIDE FOR UNITY TAKING PLACE THIS MORNING ECHOING THEIR SADNESS BY ACTS OF HATE LOCALLY AND NATIONALLY. BOSTON ...

A local health collaborative partnered with a Boston city councilor to create a site that will administer 1,000 doses this weekend.

Boston Public Schools Suspends Test For Advanced Learning Classes; Concerns About Program’s Racial Inequities Linger Boston Public Schools superintendent Brenda Cassellius. Pat Greenhouse/Boston Globe via Getty Images A selective program for high-performing fourth, fifth and sixth graders in Boston has suspended enrollment due to the pandemic and concerns about equity in the program, GBH News has learned. Superintendent Brenda Cassellius recommended the one-year hiatus for the program, kno...