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The rally also encompassed several other issues, including a lack of support from BPS to help educators of color do their jobs and concern that BPS appears to be backing away from a commitment to close achievement and opportunity gaps among students of different backgrounds.
In some Boston schools, in-person education will resemble remote learning Email to a Friend with story ideas and tips. Thousands of students in Boston have been stuck at home for nearly a year, dreaming of the day they can go back into school and leave their laptop screens behind. But when they finally return to classrooms over the next two months, many will find no escape from online learning. To serve both students in the classroom and those at home without hiring extra staff, hundreds of teachers in Boston Public Schools will instruct both groups simultaneously, with everyone logging onto...
Educators Say Additional Funding Urgently Needed Nilo Ashraf, a health teacher, works on remote school with 7th and 8th grade students from an empty classroom at McCormack Middle School, in Boston's Dorchester neighborhood, in this Sept. 21, 2020, file photo. Boston Globe/Boston Globe via Getty Images Share Like most people these days, Malden High School teacher Jessica Gold Boots needed a little good news. That came with the Baker administration's proposal Wednesday to fund a landmark education spending law that expands state funding and redirects more money to low-income school districts. "...