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colleges

Do we still dream the dream?

Every year, on Martin Luther King Day, NPR plays Dr. King's 1963 "I Have a Dream" speech from the March on Washington in its entirety. I have made my children listen to it many times. Although we all know the key lines, which will be played

Massachusetts

Bay State students get best grades in ‘Nation’s Report Card’

BOSTON – While Massachusetts policymakers debate standardized exams and what form they should take in the future, the Bay State's fourth- and eighth-graders earned top marks in reading and math in nationwide testing results released Wednesday. Fourth grade students ranked first in reading and tied for first in math,