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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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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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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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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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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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The state's education commissioner is seeking authorization to require all students and staff at public schools in Massachusetts to wear masks indoors at least through October 1. The announcement on Friday, August 20 is an about-face for the administration of Governor Charlie Baker, who has repeatedly in recent
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Bloomsbury Publishing Company is developing a series of books that presents research studies about re-inventing teacher education. Everybody know that teachers need better training than they're getting now. But for some reason many people don't seem to know what sort of training that should be. Most
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The school year is beginning, but with fewer Catholic schools. Hundreds closed last year in the United States. Maybe more should shut their doors, according to one popular American bishop.
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