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...Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessement System (MCAS) test. As a result, the program reaches fewer students in districts with low MCAS scores such as Cambridge, and it fails to take into account large scoring gaps across ethnic and economic groups, according to the Harvard study. Created in 2004 by Governor Mitt Romney, the Adams Scholarship Provides free tuition for four years at a Massachusetts public college for eligible students. The study’s author, Pennsylvania State University education professor Donald E. Heller, found that 25 percent of white students qualified for the scholarship in 2005, compared with only 8 percent...
...vision of a civil society in which the state does not prioritize one set of beliefs over another proved to be quite appealing to the founding fathers of America, particularly those residing in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Last Saturday, none other than the Governor of Massachusetts Mitt Romney jeopardized Locke’s vision as he announced that he would file a bill that would exempt religious groups from a Massachusetts law designed to prevent discrimination against gays, arguing that this law violates the religious freedom of Catholics...
...practical effectiveness, the Boston Archdiocese’s Catholic Charities adoption agency decided to halt its services after its contract expires later this year. The decision, triggered by the Church’s disagreement with the Massachusetts state law allowing gays and lesbians to adopt children, prompted Mass. Governor Mitt Romney to publicly push for an exception to the law in the interests of religious freedom. While we agree with Romney that an exception should be made for the licensing of Catholic Charities, our support for the exemption rests solely our practical concern for these marginalized children. The Church?...
...Money may not be the only problem for the former Clinton justice department official. The other Beacon Hill hopefuls are all rapidly claiming the race’s political middle ground. Republican Lieutenant Governor Kerry M. Healey ’82 began distancing herself from current Republican Governor Mitt Romney back in December, when she announced her support for a law requiring all hospitals to offer emergency contraception for rape victims. Romney had earlier vetoed the law. Reilly has also started competing for the moderate label, announcing in December that he was supporting a reduction of the state income...
Even students who do not venture off Harvard campus feel the impact of state government policies. The Cambridge Common has been the site of molestations, causing an outburst of student activism for more blue-light phones, which were installed. Now, Mass. Gov. Mitt Romney’s budget for 2007 lowers funding for urban parks like Cambridge Common, to levels that are 33 percent below 2001 levels. Harvard’s proposed expansion to Allston? Mass. governmental bodies will leave a significant imprint on how the project as a whole is completed, from zoning laws to labor regulations. A large...