The group Bloco AfroBrazil performs for the masses on Columbus Avenue as part of the 7th Annual BeanTown Jazz Festival, which drew more than 70,000 music lovers and onlookers to a number of jazz hotspots across the city over its three-day run last weekend. For more festival coverage, please turn to pg. 19. (Phil Farnsworth photo) Full story
Johnson calls on community to help reform Boston schools
Talia Whyte
SNew Boston Public Schools (BPS) Superintendent Dr. Carol Johnson said that it is up to students, parents, educators and the community at large to share responsibility for reforming education during a forum at Freedom House in Roxbury on Saturday.
Johnson’s remarks came one day after the release of a new Boston school system report revealing that nearly half of Boston students don’t graduate from the city’s public high schools in four years.
Serving notice that she will not be the “lady sheriff” doing all the work to improve the present system, Johnson said, “The city has to come together. It is our collective energy and work together that will help our students be successful.” Full story
 Turner walks through prelim, looks to Nov.
Yawu Miller
Faced with a choice between a well-connected political newcomer, a perennial candidate and a three-term incumbent, voters in District 7 last week chose the incumbent — City Councilor Chuck Turner — by a three-to-one margin.
Turner topped the preliminary ticket with 75 percent of the vote. Carlos Henriquez, legislative aide to City Councilor Michael Flaherty, came in a distant second with 15 percent, and Althea Garrison garnered just 7 percent of the vote. Full Story
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