BPS Workshop

This site is a project of Josh Weiss, a South End resident, Boston Public Schools parent, and software engineer. BPSWorkshop.com is devoted to making the Boston Public Schools better for all children of Boston. Right now it is focused on the school choice reform process which is currently underway. As part of this process, BPS has released quite a bit of data on schools and students. I have used some of this to create some maps and tools to help visualize the current state of BPS and what might happen under various proposals.

Please see my blog to learn more about the school choice process, read my analysis of the various proposals, and learn more about how I’m using the data. To stay up-to-date with BPS Workshop, follow us on Twitter or like us on Facebook.

 

Visualize BPS

We’re using data provided by BPS to create maps, charts, and tools. The better we understand where BPS is now, the easier it will be get where we want to be.

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Posted by Josh Weiss on May 10, 2013

Review of First School Quality Working Group Meeting

It's taken me a while to get to this, but here's my review of the first SQWG meeting which was held on May 1st. First a little background. One of the EAC recommendations to the School...
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Posted by Josh Weiss on Apr 30, 2013

First School Quality Working Group Meeting Tomorrow Night

One of the key recommendations by the EAC was the formation of a committee to look at quality in BPS schools going forward. Superintendent Johnson agreed to this and the School Quality Working Group...
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Posted by Josh Weiss on Apr 6, 2013

What Questions on BPS Would You Ask Mayoral Candidates?

As you may have heard, it looks like we're going to have a pretty intesting mayoral race in Boston this year. Schools are certainly going to be a large part of the conversation. I'd like to...
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