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Scott for Buffalo Schools

Nov 23, 20223 min read

Buffalo & the 2022 Assessments: Black Students See Significant Decline at Charters

The National Assessment of Education Performance (NAEP) and New York State Assessment Results for 2022 have been released. As expected,...

Scott for Buffalo Schools

Sep 28, 20222 min read

It's Red Herring Season for Urban Public Schools

The first month of the new school year has not even been completed and already operatives are launching a red herring on Buffalo Public...

Scott for Buffalo Schools

Jun 1, 20222 min read

The Pandemic & Grade Retention

June 3, 2022 In an “Investigative Post” story from January 10, 2022, it framed BPS as being neglectful for not retaining more students...

Scott for Buffalo Schools

Apr 20, 20225 min read

The Endless Weaponizing of State Assessments Against Urban Public Schools & Students (Report 1)

This is the first report from my new blog series: The Intersection of Public Education, Labor, & Democracy. The introduction and purpose...

Scott for Buffalo Schools

Mar 28, 20223 min read

The Intersection of Public Education, Labor, & Democracy

Across the country, we have seen school board members who have been threatened and some who have quit, and there is a renewed push to...