1. Unit: Education Reform
Massachusetts Studies Project
Julie Fletcher

2. Unit Overview
This unit aims to help students understand how key events, as well as individuals have shaped the history of public education in Boston. It shows that equality has had different meanings over time, and consequently persons’ understanding of equality has influenced education reform.

3. Unit Lesson 1 Boston Public Schools in the 1800s Lesson 2
The 14th Amendment
Lesson 3
Key Court Decisions
Lesson 4
Boston Public Schools in the 1970s

4. Unit Purpose Summary
This unit challenges students to think about the role “place” plays in education reform, decide whether or not education can be used to further equality, and envision ways they can take part in present day reform.