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Lowell school officials plan to require all students and teachers to wear masks indoors – but over the sharp objection of a school committee member who described the new policy as succumbing to "fear and hysteria." Mike Dillon Jr., a firefighter and former teacher who was first elected to
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Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker hasn't made any pronouncement that would attempt to force public school children to wear masks in school this upcoming fall, but Massachusetts Senate President Karen Spilka (D-Ashland) would like to see it happen regardless of vaccination status. Although Baker has said that he doesn&
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Are you a preschooler? Or are you a young adult who is fully vaccinated against coronavirus? Either way, the Massachusetts Teachers Association wants the state to force you to wear a mask when you go to school.
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This past April, NewBostonPost's Tom Joyce reported on a highly controversial 91-question survey of students at Milton's public high school and middle school that probed their feelings about race and human sexuality. Mr. Joyce's reporting included information about how high school students were essentially
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The Massachusetts Teachers Association supports the Black Lives Matter Movement, and its leaders want the organization in public schools. The state's largest teachers union's web site says that the Black Lives Matter at School movement has been endorsed by its board of directors and "is
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What does it take to be anti-racist? The Concord-Carlisle public school district in Massachusetts developed a detailed list on the matter earlier this year. A section on the school's web site titled "Cultural Competency and Anti-Racism" includes a myriad of resources for students and parents. Towards
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With housing, the school's sticker price is more than $75,000 per school year. That means a bachelor's degree could cost over $300,000. So what can one learn at Bentley University in Waltham, Massachusetts?
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The salutatorian walked to the podium, she being the first of a handful of speakers at the college graduation. I have heard these student speeches before, often filled with prideful recognition – "look what we accomplished" – or ideology stemmed from relevant trends, and not from a well-formed conscience. But,
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