Latinx News Roundtable: Boston Schools' English learners advisors resign in protest of 'harmful' plan

A young girl colors a U.S. map as her mother takes an ESL class at Capital District Latinos in Albany, N.Y.

Jesse Steinmetz is the producer for Under the Radar with Callie Crossley. Prior to joining GBH, he was a producer for Charlotte Talks and WFAE in Charlotte, North Carolina. Before that, he interned at WNPR in Hartford, Connecticut. He studied music at Eastern Connecticut State University and English and Spanish at Hampshire College. He can be reached at jesse_steinmetz@wgbh.org.

November 03, 2023

A new plan from Boston Public Schools to integrate students who are English language learners into general education classrooms has led to multiple resignations on BPS' English Learners Task Force.

Plus, compared to much of the country, Massachusetts has a low poverty rate. But it’s twice as high for Latinos.

And a flag mix-up results in a cultural snafu in the new, best-selling Spider-man video game.

Those stories and more on Under the Radar's Latinx News Roundtable.

GUESTS:

Julio Ricardo Varela, MSNBC opinion columnist and founder of Latino Rebels

Marcela García, opinion columnist and associate editor at the Boston Globe