As she seeks to fend off the state takeover of Boston Public Schools, Mayor Michelle Wu is proposing a slate of speedy reforms:
, including redesigning programming for students with disabilities and English learners, curbing violence in the schools, and ensuring that its troubled fleet of school buses start arriving on time .
The city hopes to avoid that discussion altogether with the plan published Friday, complete with deadlines, some already looming. The plan was drafted to meet expectations set by state Education Commissioner Jeffrey Riley, himself the former principal of Boston's Clarence Edwards Middle School, which closed last June after years of neglect and poor performance on tests.
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