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Dan Tuohy/NHPRNobel Prize winner Victor Ambros graduated from Woodstock High School in 1971, and earned his bachelor’s degree and doctorate from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He became principal investigator at Harvard in 1985, then a tenured professor at Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine from 1992-2007.
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egschiller/Getty Images/iStockphoto/iStockphotoOn Thursday, a major birding society will discuss how how to go about changing potentially offensive bird names. There's resistance to the original plan to rename all birds named after people.
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The district policy applies to middle and high school students.
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The Government Accountability Office found that Black girls received nearly half of the most severe punishments, like expulsion, even though they represent only 15% of girls in public schools.
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The superintendent said Sunday that the district “worked collaboratively” with a local church to cover some of the expenses.
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Judge Landya McCafferty wrote that the law likely violates the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment because it is “impossible to classify by transgender status without classifying by sex or gender.”
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The school board chair says the district determined the new law contradicts other state and federal provisions, like Title IX.
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That review showed that some families approved for school funds didn’t present sufficient documentation.
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The law, which took effect Aug. 19, is facing a federal court challenge.
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An initiative from a group of early childhood nonprofits called Smart Start is working to recruit childcare providers who might have otherwise been overlooked.
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The lawsuit claims the new law violates federal laws against sex-based discrimination by denying trans students equal access to school activities.
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A school board in Lempster has filed suit against the state of New Hampshire, alleging it has established a pattern of overstepping its authority.
