Monday, September 24, 2012
Boston Public Schools will release five alternative plans for school choice. What would you like to see the school system do to improve school assignments for kids?
Boston Public Schools will host a meeting 6 p.m. Monday night to announce five alternative school choice plans. The five alternatives were designed to improve local school access while preserving a parent's ability to choose the best school for their child, according to Superintendent Carol Johnson. Johnson made her remarks to WBUR. The schools have been mum on the details of the plan, preferring to present them Monday night at the Lilla Frederick Pilot Middle School in Dorchester. From there, the department plans more public meetings to present and vet the alternatives, which will also be examined by an advisory committee appointed by Mayor Thomas Menino, according to boston.com. What do you think? What kind of changes should the school …
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Thursday, July 26, 2012
A proposal by Superintendent Johnson would tack two hours onto the school day at some Boston Public Schools. Do you think its a good idea?
Come 2014, the school day may get two hours longer for some Boston Public School students. Superintendent Dr. Carol Johnson announced the change Wednesday. It's part of a policy she has the right to implement under the Boston Teachers Association’s current contract. The move creates “Project Promise” schools, and comes after two years of failed negotiations about how to extend the school day city-wide. Failed Negotiations “We have tried and continue to try many different ways to resolve collective bargaining issues with the BTU,” Johnson wrote in a letter to the union. “The Project Promise provisions will allow us to give students more time at some low-performing schools, though we will not be able to extend the day at nearly as many …
Monday, July 16, 2012
Superintendent Johnson admitted she was wrong for not disciplining a school headmaster who is on probation after allegedly assaulting his wife.
A City Councilor is calling for Boston Public Schools Superintendent Carol Johnson to be removed after she did not discipline a school headmaster after he was arrested for assaulting his wife. Meanwhile, more than 200 Johnson supporters rallied at Jamaica Plain's Bethel A.M.E. Church on Saturday, according to the Globe. Rodney Peterson was the headmaster at the John D. O’Bryant School of Mathematics & Science in Roxbury, was placed on administrative leave after he was charged with choking his wife last June, and has since left the Boston Public Schools system. Johnson has apologized for her handling of the situation, telling Deborah Becker on WBUR's Morning Edition, “I made a mistake. I wish I had done things differently. In retrospect, I …
Jay K.
7:02 am on Saturday, September 29, 2012
Yes, Toonie. You have it correct. The only thing I would say slightly differently is that the children of affluent parents tend to be better students, not that they are inherently. This is well known and is because of precisely what you say - a good school starts at home. Affluence strongly correlates with education. People who value education tend to be more wealthy. People who don't value … more ›