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Gates Foundation tied to suit against Common Core ballot measure

BOSTON – A lawsuit that aims to prevent Massachusetts voters from weighing in on the controversial Common Core educational standards has backing from people connected to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, a major sponsor of Common Core. Since 2010, the year the Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education voted

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Charter school camp launches ‘facts’ campaign

STATE HOUSE — Arguing that the debate over expanding access to charter schools in Massachusetts has been characterized by misinformation and misleading statements, charter supporters on Friday launched a new campaign they say debunks myths about the schools. The center of the "Fact Check: Public Charter Schools in Massachusetts"

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Baker to help launch informational campaign on charter schools

Days after his critics alleged that he's overly focused on charter schools, Gov. Charlie Baker on Friday plans to join others who favor more charters to launch a "fact check" campaign. Charter proponents and opponents in Massachusetts have engaged in a bitter debate for years, looking

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Wellesley College names first black president

WELLESLEY – Wellesley College named its first black leader Thursday, announcing Harvard Medical School professor Dr. Paula Johnson as the elite institution's 14th president. Johnson currently leads the women's health division at the medical school in Boston as well as the Connors Center for Women's

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Maine’s LePage names himself ed chief to avoid political ‘games’

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine Gov. Paul LePage figured Democrats would shoot down his choice for education commissioner, so he withdrew the nomination. And on Thursday, he named himself to lead the department instead. The famously pugnacious Republican governor made the announcement Thursday at a Chamber of Commerce breakfast that he

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Fed law could prompt Mass. to rethink education approaches

STATE HOUSE — A new federal education law that shifts some control from Washington D.C. to individual states will give Massachusetts a chance to reconsider several pieces of its education system, a policy expert told lawmakers Wednesday. Passed in December, the Every Student Succeeds Act replaces No Child Left Behind

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Mass. school leaders rap Baker on charter push

BOSTON – Local school officials directly challenged Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker's commitment to traditional public education on Tuesday, confronting him over his administration's focus on expanding access to public charter schools and drawing a strong rebuke from the governor. Baker's budget proposal for next year

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College students in Mississippi get help avoiding unplanned pregnancy

JACKSON, Miss. — At 10 a.m. on Wednesday, the 11 students in Carol Jussely's "Essential College Skills" class were talking about sex. Crammed into school chairs and clustered in groups of three or four, they leaned together to confer and then shouted out answers to trivia