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The state’s highest court sides with teachers union, mandating the district hire substitute paraprofessionals
The Supreme Judicial Court sided with the Boston Teachers Union on Tuesday in a contract [...]
In Mattapan’s Haitian Creole program, a taste of the bilingual education BPS wants to expand
In a Mattapan kindergarten classroom one recent morning, a girl pointed one by one at numbers [...]
Haitian educators ensure everyone can ‘read with joy’
Reading is fundamental. We all know that. So what happens when language becomes a barrier [...]
Boston School Committee approves $141.6 million teachers union contract
The Boston School Committee unanimously approved a new three-year contract with the Boston Teachers Union worth about [...]
Mary Skipper officially starts as superintendent of Boston Public Schools
Monday is Mary Skipper's first day on the job as superintendent for Boston Public Schools. She spent [...]
Hot Classrooms: Students Struggle to Learn Amid Heat Waves, Lack of AC
Molly Mus, a physics and biology teacher at a Boston public school, says she has [...]