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Success in Education: Boston Public Schools and Students of Color

2019/11/22
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This week, Massachusetts state legislators approved a big boost in K-12 school funding. Now awaiting Governor Baker’s signature, the Student Opportunity Act would pump 1.5 billion dollars in schools which have been chronically underfunded.

The history of education has been ripe with controversy…from the legacy of busing and issues around disparity to opportunities to attend exam schools and reports of re-segregation. How do educators build success for students and close the achievement gap?

Callie Crossley hosts

Phillip Martin, Sr. Investigative Reporter, NECIR and WGBH News

Edith Bazile, President of BEAM - Black Educator’s Alliance of Massachusetts

Milly Arbaje Thomas, C-E-O of Metropolitan Council for Education Opportunity Inc, or METCO

Dr. Brenda Cassellius, Superintendent, Boston Public Schools.