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For a stroll down the public school memory lane, Mary Rice Hasson and Theresa Farnan offer this pleasant throwback: "If you're like most Americans, you attended public schools. You emerged with a strong connection to the community, received a good education, and made lifelong friends who shared
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What will Harvard and Yale do to students who occupied the field during the Harvard-Yale football game this past weekend and almost delayed it to the point where it couldn't be finished? Nothing.
News
By Colin Young State House News Service The chief goal of the conference committee examining a proposed education bill on Beacon Hill is to dot the Is and cross the Ts on how the state will spend $1.5 billion more into public education over the next seven years. But
Education
The Diversity Delusion: How Race and Gender Pandering Corrupt the University and Undermine Our Culture By Heather Mac Donald St. Martin's Press In her superb book The Diversity Delusion, Heather Mac Donald explains how reflexive accusations of racism and sexism, the demand for "safe spaces," and
Education
On Tuesday, October 2, Frank Guerra, Headmaster of Boston Trinity Academy, will be honored by the Harvard Club of Boston with the Friends of Education Award. According to the foundation, this award is given "to individuals who have made significant contributions towards the education of secondary students." Past
Commentary
In her remarks to the National Education Association annual assembly in early July, NEA President Lily Eskelsen Garcia told the gathering that "we believe that support for public education and public services should never be partisan." Maybe the support is supposed to be neutral.
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Before I offer my recommendation for your summer reading list, please allow a digression to a scene several winters ago. It was another in an endless schedule of youth hockey games involving one of my older boys. As usual, a sibling or two sat in the bleachers, often reading.
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What would happen if public schools told their students don't have sex because it isn't good for you and you can't handle it? We may never know, because it's the road not travelled.
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