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BPS looks to electrify bus fleet with diesel bus retrofits
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BPS looks to electrify bus fleet with diesel bus retrofits
As Boston Public Schools looks to electrify its fleet of school buses it’s setting its sights on a new horizon: transforming existing diesel-powered and other internal combustion engine buses into electric ones.
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First Tee Massachusetts and Boston Public Schools partner to bring golf education indoors
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First Tee Massachusetts and Boston Public Schools partner to bring golf education indoors
First Tee Massachusetts, an organization dedicated to teaching life skills and character values through golf, has partnered with Boston Public Schools (BPS) and the Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center (the Reggie) to launch an innovative indoor golf program aimed at serving students across the Boston area.
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Summer EATS program aims to fight summer food insecurity
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Summer EATS program aims to fight summer food insecurity
On Friday, July 12, the Mildred Avenue K-8 school in Mattapan hosted a launch event for the Boston Public Schools’ annual Summer EATS program, which helps to dismantle food insecurity across the city.
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BPS concludes 10-school pilot of  AP African American Studies
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BPS concludes 10-school pilot of AP African American Studies
The College Board and Boston Public Schools have just concluded their first year of piloting Advanced Placement African American studies courses in 10 Boston schools, with plans to add the curriculum to four more schools in the 2024-25 school year.
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Opinion
More broken promises on building schools
Boston Public Schools parents, students and educators are led on a dizzying merry-go-round when it comes to their schools.
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Opinion
BPS curriculum out of sync with students’ needs
After teaching in the Boston Public Schools for four years, I left the system this summer. I witnessed how the system poorly responded to students during a pandemic that led to unimaginable loss, hurting communities that had already been dismissed for too long.
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BPS denies having a ‘do not hire’ list
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BPS denies having a ‘do not hire’ list
The Boston Public Schools has told the City Council that the district does not maintain a list of people who shouldn’t be hired or rehired, a practice that a former employee and the teachers union indicated they suspected was in place.
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Opinion
Evaluation of Superintendent Skipper: An alternative view
The mayorally appointed School Committee gave Superintendent Mary Skipper a mark of “proficient” upon completing her first year. But the formal evaluation’s results did not incorporate the many voices who testified to the broken promises of communication and community engagement, rash building decisions, persistent transportation disasters and a budget process that was embarrassingly uninformed.
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Report on Black exodus from BPS inconclusive
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Report on Black exodus from BPS inconclusive
The inconclusive findings of an investigation into Boston Public Schools’ treatment of senior administrators of color have left critics frustrated.
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Black exodus from BPS central office raises concerns
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Black exodus from BPS central office raises concerns
A prolonged investigation into allegations that a dozen Boston Public Schools administrators of color have been pushed out of their jobs has left the former administrators and their allies frustrated and concerned.
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Some see opportunity in Madison Park-only complex
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Some see opportunity in Madison Park-only complex
The city’s proposal to restore and expand Madison Park Technical Vocational High School and relocate the John D. O’Bryant School of Math and Science has been garnering a lot of attention in recent days.
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Local News
Many voice concern over O’Bryant move to West Roxbury
Parents, students and teachers expressed a litany of concerns about a proposal by Mayor Michelle Wu and Superintendent Mary Skipper to relocate the John D. O’Bryant School of Mathematics and Science to the West Roxbury Education Complex. 
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