A court order, Boston Schools, and the right to monitor

A civil rights organization claims they're being barred from monitoring how Boston Public Schools spends certain funds to support students who are English language learners, despite a decades-old federal court order that gives them permission to do so. BPS maintains that they're in compliance.

Mandy McLaren , a reporter for the Boston Globe's Great Divide team , which looks into educational inequality in Boston and beyond, joins The Common to walk us through what's known about this conflict, and BPS' broader track record regarding support for students who are English language learners.