Words of wisdom from 2016 commencement addresses
As graduation season comes to a close, we bring you some highlights of a few of our favorite commencement addresses of 2016: Sheryl Sandberg
Michigan
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.
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Massachusetts
Michigan Senate panel turns to old Mass. MCAS standards
BOSTON – If efforts to repeal Common Core education standards succeed and the state returns to the old approach used with the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System, or MCAS, tests in place before 2010, it may find itself in good company. In Michigan, a state Senate committee has advanced a bill that
Education
Detroit probe uncovers corruption in city schools
DETROIT (AP) — A dozen Detroit principals and an administrator are accused of finding a way to bleed their struggling public schools of $900,000 — ordering chairs, writing paper and other supplies that in most cases were never delivered, even as investigators doggedly battled fraud in a district that lacks textbooks
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3 officials charged in Flint water crisis; more to come
FLINT, Mich. (AP) — The Flint water crisis became a criminal case Wednesday when two state regulators and a city employee were charged with official misconduct, evidence-tampering and other offenses over the lead contamination that alarmed the country and brought cries of racism. "This is a road back to restoring
Democrats
Snyder, EPA point fingers in Flint water hearing
WASHINGTON (AP) — Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder on Thursday blamed career bureaucrats in Washington and his own state for the Flint water-contamination crisis, while the head of the federal Environmental Protection Agency faulted him and other state officials. At a contentious congressional hearing, the Republican governor repeatedly apologized for his role
Democrats
New vibe for latest debate after Sanders’ Michigan upset
MIAMI (AP) — Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders head into Wednesday night's debate with a far different vibe than when they last squared off just four days ago — Sanders riding high after his upset victory in Michigan and Clinton's camp offering reassurances that she's still
trump
Roundup: Good day for Clinton despite upset; Trump scores big wins
WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump is spoiling for the big fight ahead, especially in Florida, now that he's fresh off victories in the industrial Midwest, the South and Hawaii. Hillary Clinton has pushed over the halfway mark in delegates needed for the Democratic presidential nomination, showing she can win
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