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University of Massachusetts campuses will continue to allow people to use bathrooms and locker rooms that correspond with their gender identity even if state voters choose next week to get rid of a state law that makes it illegal to discriminate on the basis of gender identity in public accommodations,
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On the face of it, it would seem reasonable to believe that education policy makers could learn much from successful policies and programs. But they often don't. Here are two relatively clear examples of policy makers failing to learn from effective policies/programs. In both cases, the policy
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In 1630, John Winthrop, the leader of the Puritan founders who landed in Boston, delivered what would become a famous sermon just before the first group of Massachusetts Bay Colonists departed for America on the ship Arbella. The sermon, titled "A Model of Christian Charity," is one of
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Recently the Israel-American Council, a national network of Israelis living in America, took the extraordinary step of circulating a petition to demand that the Newton School Department take action on the "anti-Israel bias in the Newton Schools" which is "causing a serious rift between students and is
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The outrageous suspension of University of Massachusetts at Amherst football coach Mark Whipple for using the term "rape" to describe a football play this past weekend is an example of how colleges are falling apart. Rape is an overused word when it doesn't describe sexual violence.
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Catholic bishops are gathering in Rome this month for the Synod on Young People, and I don't know what to expect. It is no secret that fewer young people are attending church. But how will the bishops respond? By all means, find ways to welcome the youth. But
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An innovative financial aid program at Purdue University has been awarded a $10,000 prize in the 27th annual Better Government Competition held by the Pioneer Institute, a public research organization located in Boston. Purdue's Back A Boiler program, chosen out of more than 80 contest submissions from
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Jay Gonzalez has done two smart things this past week. The Democratic nominee for governor may be far behind Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker in the polls, but for a few days, at least, he has had him on the defensive.
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