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A supporter of abortion in the United States and around the world is the scheduled commencement speaker at the College of the Holy Cross. Linda Thomas-Greenfield, the current U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, plans to give the main address via video hookup during the graduation ceremony Friday morning
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Did the Wellesley Public School system break the law when school officials excluded whites from an online event in March? A group called Parents Defending Education thinks so, and the organization has filed a federal civil rights complaint with the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil
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A member of the Worcester School Committee who voted for a comprehensive sex education curriculum that drew stiff opposition from some parents said some of the public comments against it amount to hate speech. Tracy O'Connell Novick, whose successful 2019 candidacy was endorsed by Planned Parenthood Advocacy Fund
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The Worcester School Committee approved a so-called comprehensive sex education curriculum Thursday night. The committee voted 5-2 to approve Rights, Respect, Responsibility, a sex education program produced by Advocates for Youth.
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Shanel Soucy says school officials seeking to implement a new sex education curriculum in Worcester public schools have missed the point when it comes to teen-age sexual behavior. She spoke out passionately during a meeting of the Worcester School Committee's Standing Committee on Teaching, Learning, and Student Supports
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Students at Milton High School have an incentive to fill out a 91-question survey that probes their feelings about race and human sexuality: credit toward community service that they need in order to graduate. NewBostonPost has obtained a screenshot of a school post that made students aware of this deal.
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Opponents of a proposed sex education curriculum in Worcester are hoping that the city's mayor provides the margin of victory tomorrow night. But they acknowledge it's an uphill climb.
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Opponents of a proposed sex education curriculum in Worcester are planning to hold a march against it early Wednesday morning — a day before the city's school committee votes on whether to adopt it. The curriculum, called Rights, Responsibility, Respect and published by an organization called Advocates for Youth,
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