Boston School Closures = Pretext For Union Busting

[Modern School]

The Boston School Committee voted unanimously on Wednesday to close more schools in order to offset a $63 million budget shortfall. Throughout the summer and fall, Boston School’s Chief, Carol Johnson, claimed that the ensuing closures were part of a reform effort to improve education. The project was euphemistically titled, “Redesign and Reinvest: Our Path to Academic Success,” in an effort to cover up its true mission: to weaken the teachers union and put the squeeze on teachers’ autonomy and working conditions.

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[stray cat]

1. Its the schools that closed not the unions

[Recursion]

3. There will be redundancies

It's mostly in support staff, but there will end up being fewer teachers.

On the other hand, BPS has too much physical plant.

[BrklynLiberal]

2. Any excuse will do nowadays to break unions...