Earlier this year, Gov. Charlie Baker and state Education Commissioner Jeff Riley seemed to be looking to leverage shock doctrine psychology and impose a school takeover scheme known as “receivership” to strip Boston communities of their power and to override democratic governance of the Boston Public Schools.
It’s a policy maneuver that has failed students, families and communities, especially communities with significant Black and brown populations, across Massachusetts. It is ineffective and undemocratic and has no place in BPS – or in any district in the Bay State.
Read the full article at CommonWealth Magazine.