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What Would it Take to Close the Opportunity Gap?
TAGBoston is cosponsoring an event presented by the Latin American Law Students Association on the issue of closing the opportunity gap. The event will feature three prominent legal and educations scholars as well as prominent  local respondents who will discuss the … Continue reading
Conference Slideshow Video
Thank you to all of the workshop facilitators, speakers, volunteers and participants from this year’s conference. More than 200 participants attended the first conference for social justice educators held at the Curley K-8 School in Jamaica Plain on May 21, … Continue reading
Contribute to a Publication on a Day in the Life of a Teacher
TAGBoston is supporting, and contributing to, the efforts of a group of active and retired Boston Public Schools (BPS) teachers who are concerned about the current attacks on our profession, from President Obama’s support of charter schools and merit pay … Continue reading
1st Annual Social Justice Educators Conference for Boston-area educators
Date: Saturday, May 21st, 2011 Event Name: Social Justice Educators’ Conference for Boston Area Educators Sponsor: Boston area Educators for Social Justice & Teacher Activist Group (TAG) Boston Type of Event: Conference Location: Curley K-8 School Time: 10:00 AM – … Continue reading
Logo Contest for Students-Cash Award
Calling all student artists! TAGBoston needs a logo to put on the website. (To download a PDF version of the flyer to post in your school click here.) CONTEST INFO Entries Due: Friday, April 1, 2011 Award: $50 and recognition on Website … Continue reading
President Obama to Visit TechBoston
President Barack Obama, joined by Melinda Gates, will be visiting  TechBoston in Dorchester today, a school where over 80% of it’s students receive free or reduced lunch and is overflowing with private invenstment. The White House issued a press release … Continue reading
Civil Rights Complaint Filed Against Boston Public Schools
Filed on January 25th, 2011, by the Black Educators’ Alliance of Massachusetts and the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law of the Boston Bar Association, the complaint alleges that the school department’s plan to close and merge schools is … Continue reading
Video on School Closings
Boston filmmaker Robert Lamothe has condensed more than 20 hours of testimony on school closings into a short video called “TEACH: The People Behind the Curtain, What’s Happening to Our Public Schools.” View the video here. Share your thoughts!
Event: Education for Liberation Network Conference
Date: July 7-10, 2011 Event Name: Free Minds Free People Sponsor: Education for Liberation Network Type of Event: Conference Location: Providence, RI Time: n/a Event Website: http://www.freemindsfreepeople.org/ Free Minds, Free People is a national conference presented by the Education for … Continue reading
Event: Critical Race Studies in Education Annual Conference
Date: May 19-21, 2011 Event Name: “And liberty & Justice for All? Race and the politics of education reform and public policy†Sponsor: Critical Race Studies in Education Association Type of Event: Annual Conference Location: San Antonio, TX Time: … Continue reading
