Overview
- In her inaugural State of the Schools address Tuesday night, Mayor Michelle Wu set a goal for before- and after-school programs to be available at every Boston Public School for every family.
- Wu announced “Wicked Math,” a plan to launch math clubs and train older students to tutor younger peers to bolster math learning.
- The address took place at Josiah Quincy Upper School in Chinatown and was livestreamed on boston.gov.
- City messaging credits Superintendent Mary Skipper’s leadership with setting ambitious goals focused on high-quality support to meet higher academic expectations.
- The speech arrived during a period of scrutiny over 2025 MCAS results, chronic absenteeism, a facilities plan proposing closures and mergers through 2030, and debate over whether to elect the school committee.