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’s new approach to special education may be leaving out the kids who need it most
Last year, Julian enrolled at Dorchester’s renowned Henderson School, where he has begun to excel while learning [...]
Boston Teachers Union ramps up public pressure amid ongoing contract talks
'The School Committee is pushing to have all classroom teachers hold more than one teaching [...]
The state’s highest court sides with teachers union, mandating the district hire substitute paraprofessionals
The Supreme Judicial Court sided with the Boston Teachers Union on Tuesday in a contract [...]
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court sides with Boston Teachers Union over hiring instructional aide substitutes
Full Article Here "The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court on Tuesday sided with the Boston [...]
Neema Avashia criticizes JD Vance’s ‘Hillbilly Elegy’ narrative of Appalachian culture
The author of “Another Appalachia: Growing Up Queer and Indian in a Mountain Place” has [...]
Fighting for Climate Justice
The Boston Teachers Union (BTU) Climate Justice Committee is a small but powerful group of [...]
Letter to the Editor: Parents, students, teachers should be at center of BPS school plans
On June 17th two BTU members submitted a letter to the editor in response to [...]