Boston Public Schools

Round One registration for the next school year is Jan. 3-Feb. 3

Registration hotline: (617) 635-9046
Boston Public Schools offers families a broad array of school options for learners at all grade levels, from pre-kindergarten through adult education. Families are encouraged to make thoughtful choices about which schools offer the programs and services to meet each student's educational needs. To improve your chances of being assigned to a school of your choice, apply during the earliest registration period for your child's grade. The First Registration Period is for incoming Kindergarten (K0 for three-year-olds, K1 for four-year-olds, K2 for five-year-olds), Grade 6 and Grade 9 students. It runs January 3-February 3.

Families seeking an assignment to any of these grades -- including new-to-BPS and transfer requests -- should register during this period. (Round Two, Three and Four dates are available here)
To learn more about the schools you and your child can choose from, visit the new discoverBPS.org.
Current students in BPS will receive their school applications for Grades 6 and 9 via their current schools.
Only new to BPS students need to visit a Family Resource Center to register. (See FRC hours and locations here)
Download the "Ready, Set, Go" school choice flyer for step-by-step instructions.
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To begin, visit the Register for Schools page.

Eight Boston teachers achieve highest credential in teaching

National Board certification is known as the ‘Gold Standard’

January 26, 2012

Eight Boston Public Schools (BPS) educators are being recognized for achieving National Board certification – the highest credential in the teaching profession. The teachers (list attached) are among 15 named from Massachusetts and more than 6,200 across the country to receive this honor.

“We are so very proud of these educators and are truly fortunate to have them working here in Boston,” said Rev. Dr. Gregory G. Groover, Sr., Chair of the Boston School Committee. “They have achieved the gold standard and their students are the immediate beneficiaries.”

Improving school choice in 2012

"We won’t have the schools our kids deserve until we build school communities that serve them well. I’m committing tonight that one year from now Boston will have adopted a radically different student assignment plan -- one that puts a priority on children attending schools closer to their homes."
--Mayor Thomas M. Menino, January 17, 2012

The five-year Acceleration Agenda is our student-focused road map for closing achievement gaps, enhancing equity, increasing access to high-quality schools and making every school a place any parent would be happy to choose. Our work to improve every school has gained international recognition: McKinsey & Co., a global consulting firm, recently named BPS one of the 20 most improved school districts in the world.

Thanks to our great teachers and school leaders, and with the help of hard-fought education reforms that have given us the flexibility to intervene in underperforming schools, the BPS graduation rate is the highest it has ever been and the dropout rate is at the lowest level in more than two decades.

Our school improvements can be even more successful if our school choice system supports strengthened relationships between families, schools and communities. Survey: Tell us your school choice story!

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Welcome to the Boston Public Schools website! I am honored to serve as Superintendent in the great City of Boston, the birthplace of public education.

Dr. Carol R. Johnson
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