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FIRST IN PLAYBOOK: MCGOVERN CALLS FOR HUNGER CZAR Rep. Jim McGovern is calling on President-elect Joe Biden to appoint a hunger czar to address food insecurity in the United States, a problem that s become more widespread during the Covid-19 pandemic.
PROVIDENCE All but one proposal to allow charter schools to expand or open in Providence won approval by the state Council on Elementary and Secondary Education Tuesday night in a three-hour meeting devoted mostly to public comment.
Testimonials in favor of the charter schools dominated at first, as parents, staff, former students and the person who would become principal if the proposal was approved were called on in the order they signed up. Each could speak for two minutes, and if the time ran out mid-sentence, the speaker could finish that sentence only.
The 19 who spoke in favor of the schools that applied to expand or open in Providence told success stories such as going on to earn a doctorate or getting into an Ivy League college. Parents described the satisfaction of having a choice in how involved they could be in directing their child s education. One described her relief at finally getting help for a child who was falling behind but didn t meet the city s threshol
Will a shift in learning models help lower the rising rates of depression, suicide among children in Massachusetts?
Updated Dec 15, 2020;
As Massachusetts health officials face the latest surge of coronavirus cases, pediatricians are warning of a growing health crisis in children.
A panel of doctors and child advocates spoke before the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education Tuesday about the worsening mental health of school-aged children. The discussion was held just before a vote about proposed changes to K-12 learning across the state to increase the amount of face time students have with teachers. The amendment passed, 7-4.
“We have to recognize this one truth: We’re going to lose more kids to suicide than COVID,” Dr. Mathieu Bermingham, the medical director of children services of Roxbury and a consultant to the Department of the Mental Health in early childhood mental health, told board members Tuesday.