Early educator recruitment lags amid low wages, licensure delays

01-19-2025 12:00 PM

Rosa Hernandez-O’Neil was surrounded by early educators growing up. Her mother ran a child care center in their home and her sisters all worked in the field. So, at 16 years old, Hernandez-O’Neil decided she wanted to join the family business as a teacher’s assistant.


Ed secretary pledges gender identity protections

01-19-2025 12:00 PM

BOSTON – The state’s top education official pledged Tuesday that Massachusetts schools would protect transgender students, even after a federal judge scrapped President Joe Biden’s expanded Title IX protections of LGBTQ students the previous week.


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Jack Tulloss: Violence as wallpaper
01-18-2025 10:36 PM

Here’s a bit of history: Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin, the reincarnated incarcerated H. Rap Brown, was a consequential figure of the 1960s Black Liberation Movement and author of one of the most iconic aphorisms to emerge from this period. During a 1967 media interview, Mr. Al-Amin declared, “Violence is a part of America’s culture. It is as American as cherry pie.”

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South Royalston, MA - Alice M. (Dunham) Leonard, 88, of South Royalston, died peacefully in her home during the evening hours of January 15th. She was born in Winchendon, MA on June 22, 1936, daughter of the late Lewis A. Dunham and... remainder of obit for Alice M. Leonard

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ORANGE, MA - John Robinson Hough passed away at Brockton VA Medical Center after a short illness on January 9, 2025. He was born at Farren Memorial Hospital in Montague, Franklin County, Massachusetts on February 18, 1942, to Pershing ... remainder of obit for John R. Hough

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Athol, MA - Donna M. Briggs passed away peacefully January 7, 2025 from a rare form of dementia. Born August 13, 1945 in England to Donald and Margaret Hawkins. She was raised in Athol and graduated from Athol High School. She ... remainder of obit for Donna M. Briggs

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