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No students and staff were injured after a single shot was fired at the High School of Science and Technology in Springfield on Monday.
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Students who participate in the fair are offered opportunities that help advance their scientific careers before they have even entered college.
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The Biden administration has made an unprecedented dent in the trillion-dollar student debt problem. But Pressley and her guest say there’s a need to do more to free working people from what can become a never-ending financial trap.
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Over more than three hours of discussion about a proposal to stop using MCAS exam scores as a high school graduation requirement, lawmakers kept returning to one specific question: if the measure passed, how would Massachusetts ensure that every school district has roughly the same baseline for determining if students have earned their diplomas?
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The search for the new superintendent of Springfield Public Schools will be conducted in part by an outside legal firm.
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The Massachusetts Board of Education unanimously voted Tuesday for Russell Johnston, a former West Springfield educator, to become the state's acting Commissioner of K-12 education.
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We talk about Big Brothers Big Sisters' upcoming fundraiser, the legacy of community activists Wally and Juanita Wilson, and the receivership of Holyoke Public Schools.
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Early education and care has attracted renewed interest, and funding, on Beacon Hill in recent years, particularly after the pandemic highlighted how important having affordable and accessible child care options is to keeping parents, and particularly women, in the workforce.
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On Thursday, the Massachusetts Senate will take up a bill to reform and codify the state's framework for sexual health education. The chamber has passed similar legislation four times previously.
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The Massachusetts state senate will vote on passing a bill that will update the state's guidelines for sexual education for the first time since 1999. Under the bill, sexual health programs would have to include quote medically accurate and age appropriate information.