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Opportunity and Achievements Gaps Task Force
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The Boston Public Schools aspires to be "a district of all high-performing schools, eliminating both the opportunity gap and the achievement gap" (Boston School Committee's Strategic Vision for the Boston Public Schools, 2015).
In 2016, the Boston School Committee unanimously approved the Policy of the Boston Public Schools to Eliminate Opportunity and Achievement Gaps for Students of Color, English Language Learners, Students with Disabilities, and Students of Low Socio-Economic Status.The policy was developed by the Committee's Opportunity and Achievement Gaps (OAG) Task Force. Read more about the charge, priority goals, and leadership of the OAG Task Force here. Grupo de Trabajo para Brechas de Oportunidad y Rendimiento AcadémicoIn 2018, the OAG Task Force unanimously approved the BPS Investment Framework as an addendum to the OAG policy. The investment framework was developed by the district's Budget Equity Working Group with the intention of identifying and addressing areas of inequity in the BPS budget. It accomplishes this by suggesting system-wide and school-led investment priorities that are based on the principles of equity and by suggesting continuously increasing the impact of existing spending through the lens of equity.SY23-24 OAG Task Force Meeting ScheduleZoom, 4-6 p.m.- October 23, 2023
- November 28, 2023
- December 19, 2023
- January 30, 2024
- February 27, 2024
- March 26, 2024
- April 30, 2024
- May 21, 2024
- June 25, 2024
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ARCHIVES materials:
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2023
Early Childhood Literacy PowerPoint, June 27, 2023
Data & Accountability Subcommittee Update, May 23, 2023
Racial Equity Planning Tool PowerPoint, May 23, 2023
BPS Racial Equity Planning Tool (Version Feb. 2021)
BPS Racial Equity Planning Tool Scoring Rubric
Office of Opportunity Gaps Update, April 25, 2023
Educator Diversity Recruitment & Retention Initiatives 2023 PowerPoint, March 28, 2023
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2022
Office of Opportunity Gaps Update PowerPoint, September 27, 2022
Office of Opportunity Gaps Update, June 27, 2022: School Based Equity Roundtables
Office of Opportunity Gaps Update, June 6, 2022
Office of Opportunity Gaps Update, April 26, 2022
School-Based Equity Roundtable Progress Rubric, April 26, 2022
Superintendent Search Process Update, April 26, 2022
Office of Opportunity Gaps Budget Proposal FY22/FY23, January 25, 2022
Observations for OAG Task Force Based on December 2021 Meeting, January 25, 2022
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2021
Division of Schools OAG Policy Goals 2021-2026, December 14, 2021
Division of Schools Org Chart, December 14, 2021
OAG Task Force Priorities, November 30, 2021
OAG Policy Implementation Update, October 26, 2021
OAG Policy Revision Process: Gaps/Anti-Racism October 2021
Entry Plan, Office of Opportunity Gaps, September 28, 2021
ESSER Proposals for Opportunity Gaps & Anti-Racist Practice
Office of Opportunity Gaps, 2016-2020 and Beyond
Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) Funding
Presentation: Campus without Walls
Draft Rubric for District Presentations to the OAG Task Force, May 25, 2012
Division of Finance Presentation, April 27, 2021
Proposed Rubric Tool for OAG Task Force, April 27, 2021
Division of Accountability Presentation, March 30, 2021
Student Outcomes Front and Center PPT, February 23, 2021
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2016
OAG Task Force update to the School Committee (January 13, 2016). Presentado al Comité Escolar de Boston
Read the official statement from the OAG Task Force Regarding the Superintendent's Proposal to Expand Access to Advanced Work Class (January 27, 2016).
District Presentations to the OAG Task Force:
Update: Office of Opportunity and Achievement Gaps
MassCore: Current Status and Next Steps
Superintendent Chang's Strategic Implementation Plan
Office of Opportunity & Achievement Gaps Update to OAG Task Force
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Learn about the Council of Great City Schools' Males of Color Initiative here.
Feedback:Questions? Suggestions? Send your thoughts on closing the opportunity and achievement gaps to feedback@bostonpublicschools.org.