On October 28, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu delivered the first annual State of the Schools address at the Josiah Quincy Upper School (JQUS) in Chinatown.
Wu was joined by Superintendent of Boston Public Schools Mary Skipper and Chair of The Boston School Committee Jerri Robinson. All three set the lofty goal of making BPS the best school district in the country while acknowledging that there is still progress to be made, though Wu did not elaborate on what the district would do to achieve this goal. Throughout her speech, Wu discussed the district’s successes over the last few years under what she called the “stability” of Skipper’s leadership.
The program began with a short video featuring educators praising BPS’s policy initiatives and what Wu termed “heavy lifting,” or students taking initiative in lessons by doing things such as solving math problems together or working on shared projects…