Massachusetts | November 12, 2021
MIT Alumni Condemn School, Say Woke Demands Are ‘Damaging’ Reputation
Massachusetts | November 12, 2021
Two Massachusetts Institute of Technology graduates have taken issue with their alma mater’s recent moves to become more woke, saying the decisions are “damaging” to the school and its commitment to academic freedom.
The two graduates, Tom Hafer and Henry I. Miller, wrote an op-ed for the City Journal earlier this month calling out the prestigious university’s turn to wokeness.
“We graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology more than 50 years ago. MIT was academically rigorous, and it taught us our crafts and the essence of problem-solving, enabling us to thrive in our careers. We owe much to our alma mater and have donated to it regularly,” the graduates began. “No more.”…(Excerpts from the Daily Wire)
Massachusetts | October 27, 2021
Parents Sue Massachusetts School District For Allegedly Excluding White Students From Events
Massachusetts | October 27, 2021
A Massachusetts school district allegedly held racially segregated events that specifically excluded white students, according to a federal lawsuit filed by a non-profit group representing three families.
Non-profit group Parents Defending Education filed a lawsuit in federal court on Tuesday afternoon, arguing that Wellesley Public Schools violated the constitutional rights of their students, and also suppressed students’ First Amendment rights with its policy on biased speech, CBS Boston reported.
Court papers state that students were allegedly told by the district that the phrase “Blue Lives Matter,” which refers to law enforcement officers, is associated with white supremacy, according to the news outlet… (Excerpts from The Epoch Times)
Massachusetts | October 24, 2021
Parents’ Group Sues Mass. School District Over Racial Segregation, Abuse of Students
Massachusetts | October 24, 2021
national parents’ group filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against a public school district in Massachusetts for allegedly violating the U.S. Constitution by racially segregating students into “affinity groups” and imposing a student speech code.
The lawsuit comes as parents and the education establishment across the United States are battling over critical race theory and the systemic racism that leftists argue plagues the nation.
Almost 70 years ago, Supreme Court precedent established that “public schools cannot segregate students by race, and students do not abandon their First Amendment rights at the schoolhouse gate,” states the legal complaint in Parents Defending Education v. Wellesley Public Schools (WPS), which was filed Oct. 19 in U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts…. (Excerpts from the Epoch Times)
California, District of Columbia, Massachusetts | September 17, 2021
Cancel culture hits hardest at nation’s highest-ranked colleges
California, District of Columbia, Massachusetts | September 17, 2021
Over the past six years, one of the worst places to be, in terms of getting targeted, punished or canceled for what you say, has been on campus at an elite American college.
Over the past six years, one of the worst places to be, in terms of getting targeted, punished or canceled for what you say, has been on campus at an elite American college.
A recent survey by the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) found since 2015, Stanford University has had the most incidents of scholars being targeted by “triggered” complainants, with 18 reported on the school’s California campus, twice as many as reported at Harvard, UCLA and Georgetown.
All told, the Ivy League accounted for half of the six worst campuses for scholar targeting, as the University of Pennsylvania and Yale ranked next on the list, according to FIRE’s tally of more than 400 targeting incidents that have occurred since 2015… (Excerpts from the Washington Times)
Massachusetts | August 30, 2021
This College’s New COVID Restrictions Are Too Insane To Be Real
Massachusetts | August 30, 2021
The private liberal arts college, located in Amherst, Massachusetts, announced the tightened public health rules Tuesday in response to concerns about the spread of the Delta variant. The following restrictions will apply from move-in until September 13 (via The Amherst Student):
indoor double-mask mandates, two Covid tests upon arrival, a bi-weekly testing requirement, limits on indoor gathering sizes, off-campus travel restrictions and an elimination of in-person dining services. Upon arrival, students will receive both a PCR test and a rapid antigen test. The college has decided that, anyone who has tested positive for Covid will be put into isolation for 10 days in either designated dorm rooms or at home for students and staff respectively. The college is not offering standard remote learning options this year, but class deans will assist quarantined students so that they will not fall behind on school work. Townhall
Massachusetts | August 26, 2021
Boston Parents Protest Mask Mandate in Massachusetts Schools
Massachusetts | August 26, 2021
Several hundred people rallied for medical freedom in Boston on Wednesday as the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) authorized a mask mandate in public schools through October 1.
Protesters demonstrated near the Park Street subway station, and then marched to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health while shouting slogans like “my child, my choice” and “we will not comply.” They said it should be parents but not the government to decide whether their children need to wear masks….
(Excerpts from the Epoch Times)