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Smith College Tells Students, Professors To Avoid Terms Like ‘Freshmen,’ ‘Preferred Pronouns,’ and ‘Foreign’
Should people use terms like "freshmen," "preferred pronouns," and "foreign"? Smith College says no.
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Massachusetts Senate Bill Could Restrict K-12 School Vaccination Religious Exemptions
Religious exemptions for vaccinations for public and private school students may be harder to get if a measure state legislators are considering becomes law. That's because part of S.3030, a 194-page state Senate amendment to H.5034, the state's economic development bill, would remove the
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Boston Public Libraries Children’s Sections Book Seeking To Normalize Abortion To Eight-Year-Olds
A book that seeks to normalize abortions to children is available at nearly half of the public libraries in Boston. The libraries feature the book What's An Abortion, Anyway? by Carly Manes and Mar Erazo.
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Massachusetts Bill Would Eliminate Religious Exemptions For School Going Vaccination Requirements
To attend both public and private schools in Massachusetts, students must prove that they're vaccinated against certain diseases, unless they have a medical or religious exemption. Now, some lawmakers on Beacon Hill want to eliminate the religious exemption.
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Williams College Eliminates Swim Test Graduation Requirement For Racial Equity
Students no longer need to pass a swim test to graduate from Williams College, for the sake of racial equity. The college's Committee on Educational Affairs voted 103-30 in favor of eliminating the swim test graduation requirement at a May 11 meeting, as The Williams Record reports.
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Make Massachusetts A ‘Sanctuary’ For Transgender Kids, Says Cambridge School Committee
School officials in Cambridge are calling for Massachusetts to become a "sanctuary" for children who identify as transgender. The Cambridge School Committee, an elected board that oversees the public schools in the city of Cambridge, has approved a resolution calling for Massachusetts to respond to states that have
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Racism ‘Is Baked’ Into America, Book Ayer-Shirley Recommends To Kindergarteners Says
If you look at the recommended summer reading list for incoming kindergarteners in the Ayer-Shirley Region School District, you'll see Our Skin — A First Conversation about Race. The book tells children that white people are responsible for racism and that "racism is baked into the culture of
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Book At Several South Shore Libraries Tells Kids ‘Sex Work’ Is Like Any Other Job
A book geared towards minors and available at many South Shore libraries tells them it's a normal job, much like any other. The book is m Seeing Gender: An Illustrated Guide to Identity and Expression, by Iris Gottlieb; it was released in 2019.
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