Despite push to scale back leveled courses, most Mass. districts retain advanced high school classes
More than 100 superintendents responded to a Globe survey, with every K-12 district having at least some sorting of students ...
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Bill gives female athletes new option in school sports
The bill would specify that public school athletes could not be penalized for sitting out a match if their single-sex team faces an opposing team with at least one member of the opposite sex.
Snowplow Named 'Taylor Drift' May Be Coming To Clear A Road Near You
A Massachusetts snowplow was named “Taylor Drift” by a group of first-graders in a statewide contest. At the unveiling, kids ...
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EDITORIAL: Feds' Title IX probe may preclude need for girls opt-out bill
In Massachusetts, a girls' basketball team forfeited a game ... In the new administration's view, Title IX trumps any other legal precedents. A member of that Dighton-Rehoboth field hockey team had a ...
Mass. bill could allow student athletes to forfeit due to sex of other team
A new bill aims to allow public school sports coaches to forfeit games if a player on the opposing team is of the opposite sex.
MIAA facing Department of Education investigation after viral Massachusetts girls basketball game
The MIAA is in the U.S. Department of Education’s crosshairs over possible Title IX violations after a viral high school ...
Several Massachusetts Republicans push for girls' sports opt-out law when facing male opponents
A number of Massachusetts Republicans proposed a bill allowing girls' teams to opt out of playing against boys, citing safety ...
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In wake of Dighton-Rehoboth incident, bill would allow students to opt out of games if opposite sex players are competing
Supporters gathered at the Statehouse on Wednesday to promote a bill that would allow student athletes to sit out games if ...
MassGOP wants girls' sports opt-out law when facing male opponents
Massachusetts Republicans propose a bill allowing girls' teams to opt out of playing against boys, citing safety and fairness ...
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'Passion for the outdoors': Chris Collins, a DC plane crash victim, grew up in Dighton, MA
DIGHTON — Chris Collins, a Dighton, MA native living in Stamford, Connecticut, was among the 67 victims of a plane crash near Ronald Reagan National Airport outside of Washington, D.C. Wednesday night ...
Family remembers Dighton man killed in plane crash
Family members are remembering a local man who died in the crash involving a Black hawk helicopter and commercial airplane.
Massachusetts native and Harvard Law graduate confirmed as victims in D.C. plane crash
A Massachusetts native and a graduate of Harvard Law School, along with members of the figure skating community, have all been confirmed as victims in the deadly plane crash near Washington, D.C. on ...