BTU leaders and members are vocal advocates in the media for issues we believe in. Read the stories, statements and releases below to see what our community is up to.
Freedom Library hands out 4,500 books in Massachusetts to combat book bans
Having handed out thousands books in the South, the NAACP and American Federation of Teachers [...]
NAACP leaders tour Boston’s majority-Black neighborhoods, talk civic engagement
More than 50 Black leaders from NAACP chapters across the country took a tour of Mattapan, Dorchester, [...]
BPS schools used for summer learning now have air conditioning, officials say
As summer heats up in Boston, school district officials say classrooms will be kept cool [...]
New England leaders, universities react to Supreme Court admissions ruling
The U.S. Supreme Court's decision on affirmative action represents a sea change in college admissions and [...]
Harvard, other Mass. universities express anguish over SCOTUS affirmative action ruling
Poised with a video rebuke, Harvard University had braced itself for the U.S. Supreme Court ruling [...]
How are some districts responding to the teacher shortage? With H-1B visas
Boston has occasionally sponsored H-1B visas for teachers placed in specialized subjects like Advanced Placement-level [...]
From The Green, May Day Imagines Another Future
She pointed to the Boston Teachers Union, which last year negotiated an extra $100,000 per [...]