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Move Aside, Parents, We’re Talking Sex to the Kids
I'm starting to understand the arguments against school choice. Why give parents a say in their children's education when, obviously, there are experts who know better?
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Things You Can’t Say On The Senate Floor
BOSTON — A funny thing happened on the way to the Senate's vote to pass legislation enacting comprehensive public school sex education when it became apparent that content that will be taught to children as young as 12 in Bay State classrooms is purportedly too randy to be discussed
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They Can’t Talk About It On the Senate Floor, But They Can Make Our Kids Learn About It in School
The president of the Massachusetts Senate announced Thursday afternoon that another state senator was out of line when she used a common slang term for oral sex while making a speech from the floor. Apparently, state Senator Linda Dorcena Forry offended the decorum of the Senate when she used such
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Planned Parenthood-Friendly Sex-Ed Mandate Passes Massachusetts Senate
BOSTON — As it did in 2015, the Massachusetts Senate passed a bill nearly entirely along party lines on Thursday dictating how school districts teach sex education; and just like two years ago, the biggest sticking point for the bill's opponents was the lack of an opt-in stipulation for
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Should Your 12-Year-Old Be Forced To Learn Anal Sex?
When is the appropriate age for students to be taught how to engage in oral and anal sex? This is not a question most parents have probably thought a lot about, but it's one that legislators on Beacon Hill are forcing us to ask. Eighty-three state representatives and
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New Education Commissioner Can Return Massachusetts To the Right Path If It’s the Right Pick
In light of the recent death of Massachusetts education commissioner Mitchell Chester, many Bay State non-partisan parent-based volunteer organizations are issuing a call to Governor Charlie Baker. Many of us participated actively in collecting more than 130,000 certified signatures for a ballot question asking voters to to repeal the
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Is There Anything Common Core Gets Right?
Most books on public education in any country do not favor workforce preparation for all students in place of optional high school curricula or student-selected post-secondary goals. Nor have parents in the USA lauded Common Core's effects on their children's learning or the K-8 curriculum. Indeed,
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Diversity in the Academy – What a Joke!
Two years ago, as we launched the NewBostonPost, I wrote a blog article about the alleged diversity in the Academy. The Left pats itself on the back, as it celebrates racial and ethnic diversity in U.S. colleges and universities, as well as gender diversity and even transgender diversity. But
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