Citing Racial Inequities, Boston Public Schools Suspend New Advanced Learning Classes
Boston Public Schools Suspends Test For Advanced Learning Classes; Concerns About Programâs 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, known as Advanced Work Classes, saying the district would not proceed with the program for new students...
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