Report detailing Boston Consulting Group’s findings and recommendations released
by Dale Mezzacappa on Aug 02 2012 Posted in Latest news
By Dale Mezzacappa and Benjamin Herold
The School District released on Thursday a 119-page document summarizing the analyses and recommendations of the Boston Consulting Group, an outside firm retained at private expense to help the District avert a financial meltdown by radically overhauling its business operations and delivery of education.
The document details BCG’s work and thinking on hot-button topics ranging from charter expansion to labor negotiations. It also includes the previously unreleased analyses behind controversial District proposals to close dozens of schools and reorganize those that are left into decentralized, independently managed “Achievement Networks.”
“This presents a summary of our key findings and recommendations – some of which have been accepted by the school district and integrated into their proposed blueprint, while others await further community input and District decisions,” reads