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Massachusetts

Berklee students passionately personify the power of music (video)

The world's largest contemporary music school, Berklee College of Music in Boston, shapes the very core of the city's music scene. To most Berklee students, who come from all over the world, music has been fundamental to them all their lives. We asked some of them

Massachusetts

To bring back U.S. history, first repeal Common Core

By the rude bridge that arched the flood, Their flag to April's breeze unfurled, Here once the embattled farmers stood And fired the shot heard round the world. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Today, Massachusetts celebrates Patriots' Day. In towns across the commonwealth, crowds will gather for parades of

Rhode Island

In R.I., US defense secretary Carter calls for faster technology development

NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) — U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said on Wednesday that a naval facility in Rhode Island is doing what the entire Defense Department should do: develop technology more quickly. Carter made the comments about the Naval Undersea Warfare Center in Newport after he visited the center

Massachusetts

The Common Core journalism blackout

Earlier this month, a deliberately anonymous teacher set forth some of the problems she saw in the Common Core-based test she had to give her students. This teacher argued — and provided anecdotal evidence to show — that the Common Core-based test: (1) is developmentally inappropriate; and (2) does not actually assess

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Portland, OR, bans textbooks questioning ‘climate crisis’

(CNSNews.com) — The Portland, Oregon Public Schools (PPS) board unanimously approved a resolution removing materials from schools that could cast doubt on climate change or the idea that human beings are responsible for it. Last week the board voted unanimously in favor of the resolution that states:

Massachusetts

An unlikely media mogul: FableVision founder Peter H. Reynolds

"Leave this world a little better than you found it," is how FableVision founder Peter H. Reynolds summarizes his philosophy. The approach permeates his extensive multimedia operation, which partners with broadcast networks, museums, educational publishing, and a host of other institutions. Reynolds is also a best-selling children'

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Meet Jewish America’s first ambassador to Muslims

(RNS) — Bob Silverman, a Jew who spent most of his diplomatic career in Muslim-majority nations, will now reach out to Muslims in his own country. The American Jewish Committee recently hired him as its first U.S. director of Muslim-Jewish relations. As a U.S. Foreign Service officer for 27

Massachusetts

Spreading the Massachusetts ‘education miracle’

Last week, the NewBostonPost reported that the Michigan state Senate is considering dropping the national Common Core standards and replacing them and other standards with the education standards used here in Massachusetts up until 2010. And with good reason.