BURLINGTON, Vt. — Colorful pins used to inform a new acquaintance of one's gender identity, similar to ones distributed at July's Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, are now popping up on college campuses.
At Champlain College in Vermont, such "pronoun pins" are making an appearance this week as part of freshman orientation proceedings for the Class of 2020, according to a recent Burlington Free Press report.
BOSTON — A week after a Supreme Judicial Court ruling delivered a fatal blow to their efforts to put the future of Common Core educational standards into the hands of voters, the woman who spearheaded the doomed ballot initiative said she's only just begun to consider what the next step will be.
"Even though the wound is still fresh, and you would think people would not want to go through this again, I've received hundreds of emails and messages from parents who don't want to quit," said Donna Colorio, a member of the Worcester School Committee, who along with an army of volunteers gathered more than 100,000 signatures – more than enough to secure the question on the 2016 ballot.
