We refuse to yield to fear campaigns. Instead, we are renewing our steadfast commitment to organizing, advocating, and resisting the injustices that hinder access to opportunity for everyone.
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High-dosage tutoring for early literacy is a game changer
A HIGH-DOSAGE tutoring program in Fall River is helping first graders who started the year behind in their reading skills get on track. Without this tutoring intervention, students may not catch up to a point where they are capable, independent readers set up for success in second grade and beyond. The program is a game […]
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Bus and bike lane brouhaha part of bigger transportation battle
Expanding bus and bike lanes is a forward-looking way to approach an important matter: the fair sharing of a finite public space.
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State ed board should reject Lynn charter school expansion plan
The acting education commissioner’s recommendation to allow KIPP Lynn to add 450 seats represents selective enforcement of the long-standing and clear regulations governing charter school expansion in the Commonwealth.
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Thieves are stealing $1 million a month from Mass. SNAP recipients — and there is an easy fix to stop it
Every month in Massachusetts, tech-savvy thieves wipe out roughly 1,700 low-income families’ Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits. We can easily fix this.
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We must push back on attack on sanctuary cities
Sanctuary policies do not prevent federal immigration enforcement; they simply keep local law enforcement focused on public safety rather than acting as ICE agents.
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RFK Jr.’s embrace of junk science is bad for families like mine dealing with autism
With last week’s confirmation of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the nation’s highest health care official believes in junk theories about our wellbeing.
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Harvard, other Mass. institutions should clean up their own backyard before trumpeting clean energy efforts elsewhere
Investments by Harvard, MIT, Mass General Brigham and others in clean energy are great, but that ignores the fact that Harvard Medical School and its affiliated hospitals are powered by a harmful fossil-fuel plant in the heart of Boston.
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The case for more Black lobbyists
Massachusetts has elected a Black governor, a Black attorney general, Black state senators and state representatives. There are Black heads of departments and secretariats. But there are virtually no Black lobbyists on Beacon Hill.
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Ensuring equity after MCAS vote
We strongly encourage state leaders to get to work developing policies that promote academic equity and improve outcomes for all students. They must keep in mind the students who we know are the most likely to be “passed along” and receive a diploma without attaining the basic level of education that the MCAS assured.