Word: commonwealthers
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...individaul owns and representative seat in any part of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts—these belong to the citizens,” Toomey said...
Last week’s address by Ron Unz at the Graduate School of Education marks the beginning of what will be a long and arduous debate, as the Commonwealth of Massachusetts wrestles over the future of bilingual education. Unz, a California millionaire who already tried to dismantle bilingual education programs in California and Arizona, has come to Massachusetts, the state with the oldest bilingual education law in America, to repeat his past efforts...
Should the matter appear for their consideration, the citizens of the Commonwealth should reject the proposal. Ending bilingual education would leave thousands of children struggling to keep up. While we understand that the current bilingual education program must be reformed, Unz’s proposal would through the proverbial baby out with the bathwater—bilingual education needs help not because it is too large a program, but rather because it is too limited for the population it seeks to serve...
...very pleased that scores throughout the Commonwealth increased,” said Bobbie J. D’Alessandro, Cambridge’s superintendent of schools. “I’m hoping that Cambridge scores will reflect that increase...
...Commonwealth sold the house to Andrew Cabot, who promptly resold it to Elbridge Gerry, Class of 1762. Gerry, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, dearly loved his “Mansion House” at Elmwood, and it was in the house’s parlor that he stood on March 4, 1813 to take the oath of office as Vice President of the United States...