Gwinnett County Public Schools ditches clear backpack policy
The Vatican says Pope Francis had a "good rest" overnight as he is being treated for double pneumonia in a Rome hospital. The ...
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Gwinnett County Public Schools decides against requiring clear backpacks for students after pilot program
Gwinnett County Public Schools has decided not to use clear backpacks anymore.On Thursday, the school board voted against ...
‘Repack the Backpack’ aims to help students finish school year strong
Students were able to get backpacks from places like the Clarksburg-Harrison Public Library and other school supplies from ...
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Gwinnett Co. schools ends clear backpack pilot, hope to add weapons detection system
GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. — The clear backpack pilot program in Gwinnett County has ended with officials looking to go in a ...
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Boston deserves better than a return to an elected School Committee
But the whole idea behind the appointed School Committee was to put the responsibility for the performance of Boston Public Schools where it belongs — on the mayor, not on more than a dozen ...
South Boston residents left in dark during winter storm
Michael O’Sullivan, the Cheltenham Festival-winning jockey, has died from head injuries sustained in a horror last-fence fall ...
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Best Of BPR 2/13: Elon Musk Gave MIT Economist Jon Gruber Whiplash & Democracy When? February 13, 2025 • Today: Jon Gruber, head of MIT's economics department, joins to discuss Elon Musk's ...
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BC School of Social Work partners with Boston Public Schools
$500,000 grant from Boston Children’s Hospital will fund a partnership between the Boston College School of Social Work and Boston Public Schools to provide mental health services and support to Black ...
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Reducing homelessness among Boston public school students
The Boston College School of Social Work will collaborate with the United Way of Massachusetts Bay and Merrimack Valley on a project aimed at reducing homelessness among children in the Boston Public ...
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Trump’s Department of Education gives schools 2 weeks to ditch DEI…or else
Public schools and universities in Massachusetts and across the U.S. have less than two weeks to scrub their curriculums and outside contracts of any diversity, equity and inclusion policies or ...
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Boston-based global health firm lays off half its staff, citing USAID funding freeze
A Boston-based international public health firm laid off half of its employees last week after the Trump administration’s freeze on foreign aid cut off most of its funding. Approximately 1,100 ...
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Pols & Politics: Gov. Healey’s office hands over only one settlement agreement after policy declared them public records
Maura Healey’s office has apparently only entered into one settlement agreement since the Arlington Democrat took office in January 2023, according to documents provided in response to a public ...