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    Hundreds of students walk out of Madison Park High

    Madison Park High School Walk Out Feb. 7, 2013 Hundreds of students of Madison Park High School Walk Out in protest of the sudden dismissal of their Principal Queon Jackson

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    Black Educators (BEAM) Statement on Teacher Diversity in Boston Public Schools

    The diversity of the city of Boston and of the students served by the Boston Public Schools is not reflected in the teachers serving in the schools. More than half the residents of Boston are people of...

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  • Inspector General reveals major problems in BPS textbook buying

    Office of the Inspector General investigation reveals major problems in Boston Public School textbook buying The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) received a complaint that Boston Public Schools (BPS) paid significantly more for textbooks because it had...

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  • Principal suspended in wake of aide allegations

    Principal suspended in wake of aide allegations By Marie Szaniszlo and O’Ryan Johnson | Saturday, December 17, 2011 | http://www.bostonherald.com | Local Coverage ACCUSED: Teacher’s aide LaShawn Hill appears in Dorchester District...

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  • Boston schools hit with civil rights complaint

    By Associated Press BOSTON – A coalition of lawyers and educators has filed a federal civil rights complaint against the Boston public schools over a school closure plan it says discriminates against black and Latino students. The Boston Bar...

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  • Schools boss plans closings, mergers

    By Edward Mason Thursday, October 7, 2010 Hub schools chief Carol R. Johnson is proposing shuttering six struggling schools, merging others, and launching new city-controlled charter schools, part of a sweeping program to improve the city’s struggling schools. Johnson,...

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  • Facing the past

    BOSTONJUSTIN A. RICE This was Horace Small’s response when he heard the results of a recent Northeastern University study that found Greater Boston to have some of the most racially segregated schools in the nation: “What … else...

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