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Massachusetts

Outside candidates look to crash Harvard Overseers race

CAMBRIDGE — Three out of five members of the slate of candidates running for seats on the Harvard's second most powerful governing board on a platform of free tuition and greater transparency in admissions are adding another issue to their platform: freedom of association. Led by conservative businessman Ron

Massachusetts

Charter school debate exposes tensions within teachers union

STATE HOUSE — Leadership of the Massachusetts Teachers Association has vowed to fight a ballot initiative to expand charter schools with everything it has, but the issue has exposed strife within the union heading into new leadership elections in May. The MTA Board of Directors over the weekend backed away from