Mass. education department proposes stricter rules for school timeout rooms, seclusion
The new regulations would address longstanding concerns among special education parents and advocates about the use of ...
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Massachusetts AG Defends Education, Sues to Block Trump's Shutdown of Department
Massachusetts AG Campbell leads lawsuit to stop shutdown of U.S. Department of Education by Trump administration.
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Former Mass. education secretary on the impact of closing the U.S. Department of Education
Former Massachusetts Secretary of Education James Peyser joins WBUR's All Things Considered to discuss President Trump's efforts to change the Department of Education.
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Massachusetts education board seeks further restrictions on classroom seclusion policies
There's been growing national attention on so-called timeout rooms in recent years, as families of students with disabilities ...
MA Attorney General sues Trump administration for attempt to dismantle Education Department
Attorneys general from 20 states joined the lawsuit to block President Trump's effort to dismantle the agency.
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Lawsuit filed in Boston aims to block Trump from dismantling U.S. Department of Education
Somerville and Easthampton schools partnered with the American Federation of Teachers Massachusetts, AFSCME Council 93 and ...
The U.S. Department of Education is investigating UMass Amherst over alleged ‘antisemitic activity’
The department’s Office for Civil Rights recently sent a letter to UMass Amherst, American University, Scripps College, and ...
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Teachers say Education Department dismantling defies Constitution
“Because the Department of Education was created by Congress — and mandated by Congress to operate various programs for the ...
Read the executive order to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday aimed at dismantling the U.S. Department of Education.