When Kindergarteners Attack

Kindergarteners and first-graders in the north central Massachusetts town of Orange have been attacking other students, threatening teachers, and causing evacuations of the school, parents said.

About 30 parents and teachers took about an hour and a half during the Orange School Committee meeting last week describing incidents like stabbing students with pencils and trashing classrooms, according to the Athol Daily News.

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Tufts Creates New ‘Race, Colonialism, and Diaspora’ Department

Matthew McDonald

Tufts University has created a new academic department called Race, Colonialism, and Diaspora.

The field of study has been covered by an interdisciplinary consortium since 2014. But only a department can hire faculty at Tufts.

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