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Arlington Public Schools Using ‘Gender Unicorn’ To Teach Fourth-Graders There Are Infinite Genders
How many genders exist? The Arlington Public School system is teaching fourth- and fifth-graders that there are infinite genders.
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Transgender New Hampshire Freshman Finishes Second In Girls’ Track State Championship Meet
A biological male track runner who identifies as a girl had a strong performance at the girls' outdoor track and field state championship meet in New Hampshire last month. Maelle Jacques, a freshman at Kearsarge Regional High School in Sutton, New Hampshire, finished in second place in one event
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Salem School Officials Ask For Preferred Pronouns For Incoming Pre-K Students
A Massachusetts school district asks parents to provide their children's preferred pronouns on its pre-kindergarten registration forms. If parents want to enroll their kids to attend public school in the city of Salem, they must fill out a form that asks them to provide their student's
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Four Most Useless Harvard Classes
Harvard University has a reputation as being one of the world's best schools of higher learning. It has a wide range of notable alumni, and top-notch former professors like U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Massachusetts), who provided the school with some desperately-needed Native American representation in its faculty.
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University of Connecticut To Require ‘U.S. Anti-Black Racism’ Course For Graduation
The Faculty Senate at the University of Connecticut has established a new graduation requirement that all students pass a one-credit course titled "U.S. Anti-Black Racism." The Faculty Senate is an administrative board in charge of establishing general education rules and regulations at the university. The requirement, which
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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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