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Some Massachusetts Parents Resorting To Homeschooling This Fall
By Matt Murphy State House News Service
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Haverhill High School Fires Teacher Who Gave Dracut Students Controversial Sex Survey
Eric Jackson's tenure at Haverhill High School did not last long. The biology teacher was hired on August 30 and let go on September 10. The reason for his firing was the same reason that Dracut High School fired him last school year: a controversial sex survey that
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Top Massachusetts Teachers’ Union Calls MCAS Test ‘White Supremacy,’ But The Top-Performing Students Aren’t White
Is white supremacy around in Massachusetts? The Massachusetts Teachers Association says yes.
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Massachusetts Lawmakers Pushing Graphic Sex-Ed Mandate Once Again — Language Warning
Key state legislators are once again pushing for more state control over sex education in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. A bill called "An Act Relative to Healthy Youth" (S.2495) would require that every public school in the state that teaches sex ed use state education standards to
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Federal Judge Upholds UMass Coronavirus Vaccination Mandate Against Religious-Freedom Arguments
An Obama-appointed federal judge has denied a request from two University of Massachusetts students for exemptions from school rules requiring they get vaccinated for coronavirus. The ruling, issued Friday, August 27, sets up a possible appeal that could make it to the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Transcripts of Anti-Masks-Mandate Remarks By Two Baker Appointees on Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education
Editor's Note: Two members of the Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education made extensive arguments against forcing students to wear masks in public schools in the state during a board meeting on Tuesday, August 24, 2021. Both are appointees of Governor Charlie Baker, who supports the masks
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State Board Approves Masks Mandate For Massachusetts Public Schools – But Two Members Express Strong Reservations
A state board has authorized the state's education commissioner to require masks for all public school staff and students ages 5 and up in Massachusetts through at least October 1. The Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education voted 9-1 Tuesday morning in favor of the policy, proposed
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Why Are We Still Masking Children?
School districts all over Massachusetts are reflexively reinstating mask mandates for K-12 students and staff as the new school year draws near. Worcester, the second-largest school district in Massachusetts, is mandating masks for all staff and students, vaccinated or not, following the path paved by Boston Public Schools. The city&
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