Matt Ruggiero for BTU

I would encourage anyone following the Boston Public Schools budget to check our analysis. Summary and recommendations on the page, as well as a link to the whole report.

At a time when there are daily headlines about falling revenues and rising costs for public services, we have to challenge the logic of austerity and ask, who bears the brunt of cuts? What kind of city we want to be? And how do we show that in who and what we invest in?

"The City of Boston must decide whether the transition to RSF will be financed primarily through reductions in student-facing staff or through broader municipal support. Both Mayor Wu and the City Council have the authority and fiscal capacity to mitigate disproportionate reductions in in-school special education, bilingual staffing, and high needs schools. The question in FY27 is how those pressures are managed and whether the transition to a more equity-driven funding formula advances or undermines the district’s stated commitment to equitable, high-quality education for every student."

btu.org

I think a good overview of the state of the Boston Public Schools budget in this month's Boston Union Teacher (along with a number of other great articles).

From Erik:
"As this is being written, Boston schools are facing devastating budget and staff cuts of a kind that haven’t been seen in years. The BTU and its members can and will resist the cuts and push back against a narrative that deprivation and dismantling are necessary. We live in one of the wealthiest cities in one of the wealthiest states in one of the wealthiest nations on earth. We must fund our schools at a level that meets the needs of our students."

BTU February 2026 for the website.pdf

Genuinely so inspired by the educators of Codman Academy and Neighborhood House (and workers everyone) who have taken the brave steps to form a union. They continuing to fight for their first contract, and you can support them here:

https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/cacps-families-ask-for-fair-union-contract-for-staff

The staff at Codman Academy rallied in solidarity ahead of contract negotiations with administrators last night as they continue to fight for their first ever collective bargaining agreement. They’ve been fighting for more than a year to secure a contract that guarantees the resources educators need to commit their careers to the Codman community and to the long-term growth and success of their students. Thank you to AFT for the support and thank you to Massachusetts Jobs with Justice! & City Councilor Brian Worrell for standing in solidarity!