The Boston Public Schools opened this fall to news coverage centered on transportation issues and the timeline and process for finding a new superintendent. While those topics matter, let’s also focus on what is happening with teaching and learning and equity. Let’s talk about closing the achievement gap, a significant barrier to ensuring the workforce we need as we look to the future.
Today’s academic achievement gap is the largest in modern U.S. history. In the 1970s, students from middle…
