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MA Teachers Refuse To Give Standardized Tests: Patch PM Patch 3 hrs ago Dave Copeland © AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File The teachers say the tests, which impact state funding for local school districts, are causing undue stress and have a history of categorizing students by race and class.​ Those problems have been made worse with the coronavirus pandemic. MASSACHUSETTS — It's Tuesday, May 25. Here's what you should know this afternoon: Worcester police arrested a 30-year-old man following a machete attack late Monday night. New Hampshire's largest airport was evacuated a...

Salem Hit With Second Swastika Incident In 2 Weeks: Patch PM Patch 2 hrs ago Scott Souza © Courtesy of Rick Uldricks Salem officials said on Tuesday a swastika sticker with threatening language was found on Essex Street earlier that morning. MASSACHUSETTS — It's Tuesday, May 25. Here's what you should know this afternoon: Salem officials are responding to the second case of a swastika plastered on city property in two weeks after a sticker with threatening language was found on a fire alarm box Tuesday. Worcester police arrested a 30-year-old man following a machete att...

The reason? Refusing to administer the state's scheduled standardized test.  On Monday, McCarthy walked into school with a group of 25 other people who support her position as a "conscientious objector" to the state-mandated administration of the state's standardized test, Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System, or MCAS. McCarthy said she is willing to be disciplined, including an unpaid suspension, to protest the continued administration of the standardized tests. But both this Monday and on May 21, she was given one day of paid administrative leave for expressing her views. McCa...

The Massachusetts Teachers Association has proposed its own vaccination plan, teaming up with nurses, firefighters and EMTs to vaccinate teachers at every school district. "It's an onsite program where we control the registration so it's efficient, it's effective, we want the governor to join us in that plan," said Merrie Najimy, the MTA president. It's a plan that would allow teachers to forgo the online booking system. "We can solve the problem of the debacle of the vaccine rollout," said Najimy. The union says the idea hasn't been rejected, but so far, Gov. Charlie Baker has not signed on....

FGCU researchers completed a red tide mission Thursday, where they studied the blooms in the Gulf off Southwest Florida’s coast. Visitors on some beaches told us they felt the impacts of red tide. We spoke to a man who walks along the beach at Delnor-Wiggins Pass State Park in North Naples every morning, and he said it seems to be worse during that time of day. Researchers had some good news: They did not see too many signs of red tide while out on the water. “We were doing a bunch of different sampling trying to detect red tide to see when it’s coming looking at water quality and impro...