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College Rankings Flush with Bay State Schools
By Sam Drysdale State House News Service
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Connecticut Assistant Principal Placed On Administrative Leave For Anti-Catholic Hiring Comments
An assistant principal at a Connecticut elementary school has been placed on administrative leave after being caught on a secret video recording by Project Veritas saying that he doesn't hire Catholics. The administrator was placed on administrative leave Wednesday while school officials investigate, the superintendent said.
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Charlie Baker, Jake Auchincloss Don’t Like Joe Biden’s Student Loan Debt Forgiveness Plan
By Colin Young State House News Service
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Some Massachusetts College Applications Replacing “Mother” And “Father” With “Parent 1” And “Parent 2”
If your child is applying to college, the form might not ask about your child's mother and father. Instead, it may provide a gender-neutral option: Parent 1 and Parent 2.
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Fairhaven High Requiring Student-Athletes To Sign MIAA’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Pledge
Students who want to to play a sport at Fairhaven High School this fall must sign a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion pledge and take an implicit bias training course. The pledge was created by the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association; the implicit bias training course is from the National Federation of
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Belmont Public Schools Summer Reading No Long Recommends Kindergarteners Read About ‘Whiteness’ and ‘White Privilege’
The summer reading at Belmont Public Schools looks a little different this year from last year. That's because the school district is no longer recommending that elementary school children read books over summer vacation on topics like "white privilege" and "whiteness," as NewBostonPost previously
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Rockport School Committee Canceled Field Trip To Gordon College Because of Its Policy On Homosexuality
This past June, Rockport school officials planned a seventh-grade field trip to a rock gym and challenge course day camp at Gordon College, a Christian school of higher learning in Wenham. But the trip never happened.
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Things You’re Not Supposed To Say At Amherst College
Should you use terms like "freshman," "Latino," "upperclassmen," or "special needs"? Amherst College advises its communications staff against it, according to the school's Office of Communications. The private liberal arts college in Amherst, Massachusetts features an editorial style guide for
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