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Massachusetts Education Department Eyes More Restrictive Student Cell Phone Policies
By Sam Drysdale State House News Service
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Some UMass Dartmouth Men’s Bathrooms Stocked With Tampons
Tampons are now available in men's bathrooms on the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth campus. Since late January, the school has provided free menstrual products in 11 of the Campus Center's bathrooms. These include women's, men's, and gender-neutral bathrooms. The Campus Center is
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More States Establishing Tuition-Free Community College Programs, Including Massachusetts
Stateline, an initiative of The Pew Charitable Trusts. By Elaine Povich As the idea of free community college gains traction across the country, some lawmakers have gotten bolder in their concepts — expanding existing programs or pitching legislation that would offer free college to anyone.
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Twelve-Year-Old Sues Middleborough Public Schools Over ‘There Are Only Two Genders’ T-Shirt
Liam Morrison, 12, is suing Middleborough school officials for preventing him from wearing a T-shirt that says "There are only two genders." The lawsuit, filed on Wednesday, May 17 in U.S. District Court in Boston, names as defendants the town of Middleborough, the Middleborough School Committee, superintendent
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Christian Monument at Williams College Vandalized
An unknown perpetrator defaced a Christian monument dedicated to missionaries at Williams College with anti-Christian graffiti this past weekend. Some of the graffiti spraypainted on the Haystack Monument included terms such as "Pagan Rule," "Blood," "Ouch," and "Hail Satan," according to The
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Four-Day School Weeks, Gaining Popularity, Face Pushback From Lawmakers
Stateline, an initiative of The Pew Charitable Trusts. By David Montgomery MINERAL WELLS, Texas — Desperate to fill open positions amid a statewide teacher shortage, school officials in this rural North Texas city of about 15,000 chose to follow the lead of neighboring districts by converting to a four-day school
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Sixth-Grader Goes One-for-Three In Gender-Ideology T-Shirts In Middleborough Middle School
A sixth-grader barred from wearing a T-shirt saying "There are only two genders" at a public middle school in Middleborough in March was forced Friday to remove the same T-shirt when it was altered to say "There are CENSORED genders." But a third politically charged T-shirt
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Middleborough School Officials Double Down On Banning T-Shirt Saying ‘There Are Only Two Genders’
Middleborough public school officials say they will continue to require that a sixth-grader not wear a T-shirt that says "There are only two genders," possibly setting up a showdown tomorrow. Liam Morrison, 12, first wore the T-shirt on March 21 to Nichols Middle School, where he is a
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