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BOSTON – A deal that ensured state funding to cover half the cost of attending the University of Massachusetts provided the school froze tuition and fees is history, according to the Springfield Republican's MassLive.com site. "We're certainly open to talking about some more stable and
Massachusetts
BOSTON – For Becky Guerra, committing to build a new school in the inner city meant moving there, too. So she and her husband, Frank, then a teacher at Roxbury Latin, upped stakes and moved to Jamaica Plain from their home of 15 years in Arlington. "I didn't
Education
ROXBURY – After 30 years as a renowned television journalist and the first black woman to co-anchor a newscast in Boston, the Rev. Liz Walker found a new calling: offering hope to Boston's most desperate citizens. An ordained minister and the current pastor of Roxbury Presbyterian Church, Walker, 63,
Abortion
BOSTON – Single motherhood isn't often on the high school or college to-do list for women. But around 6 percent of those aged 15 to 19 become pregnant each year. In 2010, pregnancy ended in abortion for 157,450 women, or 26 percent of those in that age group
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Jacquie Moloney, the first woman to run the University of Massachusetts Lowell in the school's 121-year history, formally took office Thursday, when she was installed as chancellor. Moloney was tapped over the summer to become head of the 17,000-student campus, part of the University of Massachusetts system
Common Core
Publishers profiting from the Common Core educational standards once again became the target of undercover video outfit Project Veritas as it released a fourth clip on the subject earlier this week, this time showing a textbook industry executive in California commenting on how success in his business is dictated by
Massachusetts
BOSTON – When Peggy Hartshorn and her family began taking in pregnant women, she didn't know they were taking the first steps toward joining an international organization. But three years later in 1978, she discovered a network, now known as Heartbeat International, devoted to helping women through maternity. "
Cambridge
CAMBRIDGE – Hate crimes in America have picked up steam since a massacre at a Sikh temple near Milwaukee shocked the world more than three years ago. But outreach groups are using lessons from the Sikh faith to help prevent further tragedies. "We cannot address trauma by vilifying the '
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