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

<p>A new plan from Boston Public Schools to integrate students who are English language learners into general education classrooms has led to <a href="https://www.wgbh.org/news/education-news/2023-11-01/boston-schools-task-force-members-resign-over-new-plan-for-english-learners" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">multiple resignations</a> on BPS' English Learners Task Force.</p> <p>Plus, compared to much of the country, Massachusetts has a low poverty rate. But it’s <a href="https://www.axios.com/local/boston/2023/10/16/latino-poverty-rates-graph-massachusetts-data-statistics" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">twice as high</a> for Latinos.</p> <p>And a <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/record-breaking-spiderman-video-game-confuses-puerto-rican-cuban-flags-rcna121913" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">flag mix-up</a> results in a cultural snafu in the new, best-selling Spider-man video game.</p> <p>Those stories and more on <em>Under the Radar's</em> Latinx News Roundtable.</p> <p><strong>GUESTS:</strong></p> <p><strong>Julio Ricardo Varela</strong>, MSNBC opinion columnist and founder of Latino Rebels</p> <p><strong>Marcela García</strong>, opinion columnist and associate editor at the Boston Globe</p>