Boston Public Schools
Organization
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Citywide Educational Coalition records
Collection
Identifier: M130
Overview
In 1972, Mary Ellen Smith, Hubert Jones, Francis Parkman, Clyde Miller and other citizens, parents, and community activists met to find a way to participate in the process of choosing a superintendent of the Boston Public Schools. The Coalition sought input from large numbers of neighborhood residents and organizations to help develop "Community Agenda for the Boston Public Schools," an outline of questions and issues to use during the interview process. Although unsuccessful in choosing a...
Dates:
1972-2001
Urban Schools Collaborative records
Collection
Identifier: A070
Overview
Northeastern University's (NU) role in the Urban Schools Collaborative began in August 1975 when U.S. District Court Judge W. Arthur Garrity, Jr. ordered the desegregation of Boston's schools. The Court mandate called for 21 universities to assist in providing equal educational opportunity for all Boston Public School children. Under NU President Asa S. Knowles, who chaired the first Steering Committee of the Phase II Desegregation effort, NU was paired with District 7 schools and the...
Dates:
1976-1992
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- Boston (Mass.). -- Race relations 1
- Busing for school integration -- History 1
- Civil rights -- Massachusetts -- Boston 1
- Community organizing -- United States 1
- Discrimination in public schools -- Massachusetts -- Boston 1
- Education -- Parent participation -- United States 1
- Education, Urban -- Massachusetts -- Boston 1
- Educational change -- Massachusetts -- Boston 1
- Educational equalization -- Massachusetts -- Boston 1
- Magnet schools -- Massachusetts 1
- Parent-teacher relationships -- United States 1
- Public schools -- Massachusetts -- Boston 1
- Race relations 1
- School choice -- History 1
- School improvement programs -- Massachusetts -- Boston 1
- School management and organization -- Massachusetts -- Boston 1
- Special education -- Massachusetts -- Boston 1
- Special education -- Parent participation 1
- Students -- Massachusetts -- Boston 1
- United States -- Race relations 1
- Vocational education -- Massachusetts -- Boston 1 + ∧ less
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