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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 – 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
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
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BOSTON – Project Veritas, a guerilla journalism group known for taking undercover videos focusing a conservative eye on topics ranging from vote fraud to Common Core educational standards, sued in federal court to upend a Massachusetts law that bans most surreptitious recording. The group, led by James O'Keefe, named
Massachusetts
BOSTON – Tuition costs at state universities and community colleges won't change in the next academic year, state policy makers decided Tuesday, but students could still face higher fees and other expenses once those rates are set this spring on local campuses. The decision doesn't affect tuition
Massachusetts
BOSTON – Hundreds of Boston Public Schools students climbed Beacon Hill Monday to protest proposed state education budget cuts as the Legislature's Joint Committee on Education began a marathon public hearing inside the State House, drawing heated testimony from supporters and opponents of charter schools and Common Core education
Donald Trump
WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump has said a lawsuit he is fighting over fraud claims involving Trump University is an attempted shakedown by a "sleazebag" law firm and a "horrible, horrible" lead plaintiff. Neither the plaintiff, Tarla Makaeff, nor her lawyers have responded publicly, but in new
Cambridge
CAMBRIDGE – This week's town hall-style meeting at Harvard University, billed as an event aimed at educating undergraduates on the school's new Title IX sexual-conduct policies, managed to leave some students feeling more confused about the changes, according to a Harvard Crimson report. The student newspaper reported
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