BTU leaders and members are vocal advocates in the media for issues we believe in. Read the stories, statements and releases below to see what our community is up to.
Boston School Committee unanimously passes $1.7B budget
The Boston School Committee unanimously passed BPS’s $1.7 billion dollar budget for the next fiscal [...]
Boston Teachers Union is calling for audit amid payroll debacle that is short-changing thousands of teachers
Boston Public Schools has yet to pay thousands of teachers and other educators millions of [...]
BPS safety report suggests discussion on school police restoration
An independent report from the national Council of Great City Schools (CGCS) on safety in [...]
‘Embarrassing, unacceptable and disrespectful:’ Teachers detail ‘unprecedented’ payroll backlog
Thousands of BPS educators have not been accurately paid, district employees say, and they are [...]
BPS Should Consider Forming Its Own Police Department, Consultant Says
The push to put police back into schools is something that Boston City Councilors weighed [...]
Councilors, BPS officials at odds over sexual misconduct statistics
Quartet of councilors allege 744 sexual assaults in '21-'22 school year During an Oct. 27 [...]
Massachusetts teachers unions push for the right to strike
The state’s largest teachers union is seeking to change state law so educators can leave [...]