Mass. state high school graduation requirement a muddled mess
It’s clear that Massachusetts students no longer have to pass 10th grade MCAS tests in English, math, and science to graduate ...
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Map: Who is — and isn't — complying with the MBTA Communities Act?
Communities across eastern Massachusetts are under pressure to rezone parts of town to allow more multi-family housing near public transportation, thanks to the MBTA Communities Act. Aimed at ...
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Are Muscatine schools making the grade? District reviews audit
Muscatine Community School District board members reviewed the annual audit on Monday, learning three elementary schools, the junior high and high school were listed as needing improvement or ...
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Background checks did not occur at all Massachusetts emergency shelter sites. Now, the governor is interested in revisiting the intent of the law
Healey's comments came after the top House Republican blasted her administration for its oversight and for failing to realize that emergency shelter residents were not being screened with criminal ...
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Learning about Taylor Swift? Massachusetts college offers course comparing pop stars to poets
WORCESTER, Massachusetts (WBZ) — A new English course at the College of the Holy Cross in Massachusetts takes a look at lyrics from Taylor Swift and other artists and compares them with poetry ...
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Learning about Taylor Swift? Massachusetts college offers course comparing pop stars to poets
WORCESTER, Massachusetts (WBZ) — A new English course at the College of the Holy Cross in Massachusetts takes a look at lyrics from Taylor Swift and other artists and compares them with poetry that’s ...
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Reaction to Massachusetts governor ordering background checks in emergency shelters
FALL RIVER, MASS. (WJAR) — Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey announcing a crackdown on criminal background checks of people living in emergency shelter facilities. It comes in the wake of two ...
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Healey orders criminal background checks for people entering Mass. shelters
Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey has ordered that everyone entering the state's shelter system undergo criminal background checks, saying Friday that she was surprised to recently learn the checks ...
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Gov. Healey orders more thorough background checks for Massachusetts shelter residents
Maura Healey ordered more thorough background checks be conducted for all residents of Massachusetts emergency assistance shelters in the wake of two high-profile arrests of shelter residents ...
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Governor says background checks she ordered at Massachusetts shelters didn't happen: "Absolutely unacceptable"
Maura Healey said Friday that it's "absolutely unacceptable" that criminal background checks she ordered last spring at Massachusetts ... "It has become abundantly clear that this program is ...
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Gov. Maura Healey says background checks ordered at Massachusetts shelters didn't happen
Gov. Healey said she was recently informed that CORI checks at Massachusetts shelters weren't happening. WBZ-TV's Tiffany Chan reports. Mel Gibson's house burned down in LA wildfires while he was ...