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Massachusetts school district investigating teacher for holding mock slave auction
A Massachusetts teacher was placed on administrative leave after allegedly staging a mock slave auction and using a racial slur in a 5th grade class, according to a letter from the school's superintendent.
Teacher candidates discuss cell phone safety with third-graders
FITCHBURG – During a recent assembly of third-graders at McKay Elementary School, visiting teacher candidates from Fitchburg State University asked for a show of hands about who had access to internet-connected personal devices. Almost every hand shot upward. That made them an attentive audience for the afternoon’s presentation, which...
Class of 2024: Meet Gardner senior Mena Aziz who wants to use biomedicine to help others
Graduating Gardner High School senior Mena Aziz plans to combine his desire to help others and his fascination with biomedical engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute this fall. The Gardner High senior isn't sure what specific field he wants to enter in the biomedical engineering industry, but he does know that...
Fitchburg State offering residence hall for graduate students
FITCHBURG – Fitchburg State University will open its first residence hall exclusively for graduate students this fall with the reopening of the on-campus apartment building at 185 North St. The apartment-style residences will serve the university’s expanding graduate population, including international students. Fitchburg State had more than 400 international...
‘A Guinea Pig’: Looking Back on Randomized Housing for the Class of 1999
For more than two decades, Harvard students were able to rank where they wanted to live for three years of college. But in 1995, Harvard’s administration decided it was time for a change. For more than two decades, Harvard students were able to rank where they wanted to live...
Affirmative Action, Activism, and Afro-American Studies: The Class of 1974 Looks Back on Racial Progress
Between debate over affirmative action, the inception of an Afro-American Studies department, and the rise of student activism and groups like the African and African American Resistance Organizations, the Class of 1974 went through Harvard at a pivotal time in the history of race relations and Black students on campus.
Teen Truth speaker identifies fear, lack of empathy as issues for Bromfield middle schoolers
The Bromfield School hosted a mental health assembly for its middle school students Friday, May 24, in the Cronin Auditorium. Caleb Campbell, former National Football League linebacker for the Detroit Lions and graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, delivered a poignant speech as speaker for Teen Truth, an organization dedicated to “empowering student voice, enhancing school culture, and building student resilience.”
As Protests Raged, Harvard Founded Its Own Management Company
In the fall of 1973, Harvard’s treasurer decided the University should control its own purse strings. In the fall of 1973, Harvard’s treasurer decided the University should control its own purse strings. The University’s endowment totaled $1.4 billion — a small fraction of its nearly $51 billion today,...
'This is a resilient group': Nashoba baseball edges Shepherd Hill in Division 2 15-ining thriller
Senior Justin Ethier’s third hit of the game was the biggest for the Wolves in an epic marathon versus Shepherd Hill @tgsports @nashobaAD pic.twitter.com/5iG4yjLxHQ— Rich Garven (@RichGarvenTG) June 1, 2024 MILLBURY — It was a baseball marathon, and like any long-distance event, there were innumerable twists and turns and ups and downs. And while...
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