Boston Coalition for Education Equity

Organizing for equitable admissions to Boston’s long-segregated “Exam” Schools and restoring Boston’s civil right to vote for its School Committee.

[Boston Coalition for Education Equity @BosEdEquity]

THIS🧵
8th grader at Boston Latin Schl wrote poem about his neighborhood for class. A white ADULT somehow took a pic of it IN SCHOOL, blasted on social WITH CHILD’S NAME to gin up white outrage. Did school defend student?NO, they apologized to the racists who doxxed him. #bospoli

[ELECTtheBSC @ElectTheBSC]

99K Boston voters agree:
“At its core, restoring an elected School Committee in Boston is a voting rights issue, a civil rights issue & a racial justice issue, said Lisa Green…Vetoing a measure to redress these issues puts Mayor Wu at odds with basic progressive values”
#bospoli

[Mom needs coffee (Lisa Green) @CarCarll]

“At its core, restoring an elected School Committee in Boston is a voting rights issue, a civil rights issue & a racial justice issue…Vetoing a measure to redress these issues puts Mayor Wu at odds with basic progressive values”
[& 79% of voters]
Lisa Green
@ELECTtheBSC
#bospoli

[Mom needs coffee (Lisa Green) @CarCarll]

Fitzgerald: Channels impotent rage of parents unable to influence BPS decision making due to lack of transparency & accountability.

Also Fitzgerald: “Let’s keep it that way!”

John’s the only Councilor opposed to restoring Boston’s right to elect its School Committee🤷🏻‍♀️
#bospoli

[Ibram X. Kendi @ibramxk]

Lest we forget: The people claiming they want the most “qualified” people in presidential positions think Donald Trump is the most “qualified” person to be president of the United States.

[𝕁𝕠𝕟𝕒𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕟 𝔼. ℂ𝕠𝕝𝕝𝕚𝕟𝕤 @ProfJonCollins]

This just shows you the layers of racism & sexism. Claudine Gay is a GIANT in the political science discipline. She’s published solo-author in our top journals. Of a field that’s produced countless successful administrators, she’s the best of us. Yet, her merit is questioned?

[Mom needs coffee (Lisa Green) @CarCarll]

Faux outrage over a party invite leaked via @ErinforBoston’s birther sister has infested #bospoli w/racist trolls from across the globe—but it hasn’t cost Wu or any POC elected 1 vote in Boston. Association w/garbage like this is how DINOwhite candidates lose elections here, so…

[Schoolyard News @SchoolyardNews]

Excellent coverage of the mass resignation of BPS English Learner Task Force members by Deanna Pan of the Globe.
https://t.co/OrRYXsaHFU

[Neema Avashia @AvashiaNeema]

The folks on this task force are some of the most respected educators in Boston. They know their ESL instruction. If they’re saying the plan ain’t it, the plan ain’t it. https://t.co/WebXF8u5qW

[Mom needs coffee (Lisa Green) @CarCarll]

79% voted for an ELECTED School Committee. @MayorWu ignored them— as she ignored her own task force & scholarly consensus to make this political decision. 1/3 of BPS is English learners—could reps elected by district—on BPS only—ignore their interests as fully as Wu has? #bospoli

[Mom needs coffee (Lisa Green) @CarCarll]

Interesting piece, but the headline? Is it unlikely when “anti-woke” racists who typically vote Dem align w/more established “Moms for Liberty”type hate groups who vote MAGA? Blue as MA is, white backlash has never been an “unlikely” event in metro Boston.
https://t.co/Qu18ksjmQy

[Benzi Sanders @BenzionSanders]

By far the most powerful Israeli response I have seen.

This 19 year old girl survived the horrific massacre in Kibbutz Be’eri.

This is her message to her fellow Israelis and to the world.

Watch the whole thing.

[ELECTtheBSC @ElectTheBSC]

REMINDER: If you’re voting in District 3 today & care about restoring Boston’s ELECTED SCHOOL COMMITTEE, here’s where candidates stand:

❌NO CHANGE (MAYORAL CONTROL)
John FitzGerald
Matt Patton

✅ELECTED
Jennifer Johnson
Joel Richards
Barry Lawton

🟨HYBRID
Ann Walsh

#bospoli

[Leon Rivera @BosLeonRivera]

We said #Elected & nothing less.

[ELECTtheBSC @ElectTheBSC]

Live in District 3 & voted for ELECTED School Committee?

City Council must approve change.

Here’s where preliminary candidates stand:

✅ELECTED
Jennifer Johnson
Joel Richards
Barry Lawton

🟨HYBRID
Ann Walsh

❌NO CHANGE (MAYORAL CONTROL)
John FitzGerald
Matt Patton

#bospoli

[Mom needs coffee (Lisa Green) @CarCarll]

Racist parents used to throw rocks—now they file lawsuits. Boston again takes center stage in white backlash against integration of public schools in US & Darragh’s demagoguery’s been so pernicious, academics use it as case study👇🏼Timely paper @FordhamULJ
https://t.co/DfhqK5orqb

[Mom needs coffee (Lisa Green) @CarCarll]

Ms. Murphy (sister of City Councilor Erin) seized opportunity as soon as interim admissions policy was approved. Same white victimhood playbook she used leading PUMApac in ‘08 (origin of birther lie). Started FB group to gin white backlash for suit, fed em Pacific Legal w/in days

[Mom needs coffee (Lisa Green) @CarCarll]

Why such universal opposition? This was never just about a handful of kids in Boston. Darragh Murphy connected parents w/Koch-funded Pacific Legal so their case could be part of coordinated RW civil rights attack on Affirmative Action, Voting Rights Act…
https://t.co/eVGGFxeVxQ

[Mom needs coffee (Lisa Green) @CarCarll]

Attys General from 15 States & DC filed amicus brief against Boston Parents’ racist suit. Joining countless Asian American, Black & LatinX civil rights orgs, Natl Assoc for Gifted Children, heck even Sox & Celtics have filed against this sweeping civil rights attack—cc @jimbraude

[Mom needs coffee (Lisa Green) @CarCarll]

Heard @BosPublicRadio convo on potential use of socioeconomic factors in admissions post-SCOTUS Harvard Affirmative Action decision. P Reville ignored pending Fed lawsuit on Boston Exam School admissions designed to close that door. Pernicious nat’l impact/local origin—More here:

[Mom needs coffee (Lisa Green) @CarCarll]

After today’s vile Affirmative Action ruling at #SCOTUS, hopeful talk of race neutral admissions policies—but Darragh Murphy’s Boston Parents have a plan to kill that too. She saw oppty to pull out her ‘ol white backlash playbook at first mention of exam school reform. #bospoli