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Harvard University

Harvard undergrads reshape feminism debate

CAMBRIDGE – Earlier this month, more than 100 Harvard University students, both male and female, declared themselves to be feminists at the seventh annual "Feminist Coming Out Day," the Harvard Crimson student newspaper reported, a tradition started by undergraduates to openly discuss what the term means to them. More

Massachusetts

Charter school expansion opponents plan ballot push

BOSTON – With proponents already investing heavily in a ballot campaign to knock down barriers to more charter schools, opponents of that proposal plan to launch their own ballot committee on Wednesday. Parents, educators, students and others aligned with The Campaign to Save Our Public Schools gathered outside the State House

Massachusetts

‘Bathroom Bill,’ charter schools measure given more time

BOSTON – The so-called Bathroom Bill, a controversial measure to ensure public facilities access to transgender people, and a charter schools measure backed by Republican Gov. Charlie Baker got extended deadlines for legislative action Wednesday, amid what one state senator called "extension mania" as lawmakers sought to keep their

Massachusetts

Charter School expansion opponents rally at State House

BOSTON – Charter school expansion foes mobilized to announce organized opposition to a ballot question that would lift the cap on the number of the publicly funded institutions in Massachusetts, gathering outside the State House Wednesday to rally support. The head of the group, Juan Cofield, who is also a regional

Massachusetts

Common Core foes vow stepped up ballot campaign

BOSTON – Supporters of an initiative to end the adoption of national Common Core education standards in Massachusetts pledged to obtain the petition signatures needed to put the issue before voters in November after lawmakers on Wednesday sent a similar legislative proposal to a study committee, where little action is expected.

Education

Opting out: A civic duty, not civil disobedience

The writers who crafted the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), the 2015 bill co-sponsored by Senators Lamar Alexander (R-TN) and Patty Murray (D-WA) re-authorizing the Elementary and Secondary Act (ESEA), thought they had worded an airtight case to prevent parents from removing their children from federal mandated testing. States are

Massachusetts

Boston’s low-wage workers struggle to rise, BRA study shows

BOSTON – Low-wage workers in Boston, the economic engine that drives the region, have largely been passed over by growth for a quarter century, in terms of real income, according to a report issued by the Boston Redevelopment Authority. The roughly $35,000 inflation-adjusted median income for Boston residents who worked

Massachusetts legislature

‘Bathroom Bill’ gets a House extension amid uncertainty

BOSTON – While Speaker Robert DeLeo said Monday he hoped to pass transgender anti-discrimination legislation this session, the House of Representatives voted to give the committee reviewing the measure more time before it must make a recommendation. DeLeo, who supports the bill that would provide anti-discrimination protections to transgender people using