March 2021

Activists gathered in a Zoom meeting on March 18 to fight discrimination in the admissions process for regional vocational schools across the state, which uses a ranking system to admit predominantly white and English-speaking…

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Advocates across Massachusetts are calling on Governor Charlie Baker and state education officials to institute a lottery system for admission to technical and vocational high schools, saying the current system is discriminatory.Admissions…

"We believe the admissions policy is a serious and pervasive violation of civil rights that must be addressed at the state level," said Gladys Vega, executive director of the non-profit La Colaborativa in Chelsea, during a press conference…

Vocational school admission policies based on attendance, grades, discipline and guidance counselor recommendations discriminate, says coalition of Massachusetts education advocates, and should be replaced by a system lottery.…

The owners of a former Christian reform school for girls in southwest Missouri have been charged with more than 100 counts of horrific sexual, emotional and physical abuse of students.Sixteen former residents of the Circle of Hope Girls…

By GARRY RAYNO, InDepthNH.org CONCORDE -- The state's Blaine Amendment banning public funding of religious schools is a stain on the state's reputation, say supporters of its repeal through a proposed constitutional amendment that…

By GARRY RAYNO, InDepthNH.org CONCORDE - The Blaine State Amendment banning state funding of religious schools is a stain on the state's reputation, supporters of its repeal have said through a proposed constitutional amendment…