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I sent my teen to camp. He came home with half an eyebrow.
1+ day, 43+ min ago (442+ words) I was ready for filthy laundry, hygiene mishaps, and bug bites. I wasn’t expecting cosmetic adjustments. I’d sent him to camp to become more self-reliant. But I was thinking about wilderness preparedness and sports leadership — not eyebrow artistry. Now, look:…...
Who’s really changing the world? While elite colleges stay small, HBCUs are in growth mode.
3+ day, 11+ hour ago (750+ words) For all their talk about changing the world for the better, the Ivy League and its peer campuses generally have been unsuccessful in recent decades at expanding who has access to their transformational education. The schools give many reasons why…...
N.H. child advocate vacancy imminent: ‘I do worry it’s going to leave the office in a really, really bad place’
1+ week, 1+ day ago (554+ words) When state budget cuts took effect just over one year ago in New Hampshire, four of the nine jobs in the Office of the Child Advocate were eliminated. The remaining team members have since taken on more work to support…...
New Hampshire child advocate exiting role July 24
1+ week, 3+ day ago (574+ words) Cassandra Sanchez, who has served as New Hampshire’s child advocate since 2022, said she will exit the role on July 24. “I’ve just been told to prepare for my final day to be July 24,” Sanchez said in an interview with the Bulletin....
Millions of children can get $1,000 from Trump for retirement accounts. Will it shrink the wealth gap?
1+ week, 6+ day ago (1185+ words) WASHINGTON — On America’s 250th birthday, the federal government made $1,000 deposits into millions of investment accounts for toddlers who aren’t even old enough to stay up for fireworks. The launch was for so-called Trump Accounts, an initiative pitched by the president as…...
Mom is an artificial intelligence pioneer. Her kids couldn’t disagree more about AI.
2+ week, 1+ day ago (1225+ words) Jana Amin, who graduated from Harvard last year, calls herself a strong AI skeptic. After witnessing too many fellow students using the technology as a crutch, she rejected AI and helped found a cafe in Cambridge to encourage people to…...
Trendiva, 9, is resilient and kind
2+ week, 6+ day ago (188+ words) Sunday’s Child is a weekly column featuring a child currently in foster care awaiting adoption. Trendiva is a bright, kind, and curious 9-year-old with a warm and engaging personality. If you’re at least 18 years old, have a stable source of…...
‘We won’t know if we don’t try’: State approves three-year degree programs at Merrimack College and Suffolk University
3+ week, 22+ hour ago (715+ words) The three-year degree is ready for its close-up in Massachusetts. The Board of Higher Education voted Friday to approve two reduced-credit degree programs for Suffolk University in Boston and Merrimack College in North Andover — the first of their kind in…...
I got my first library card at the age of 5. It changed everything.
3+ week, 1+ day ago (593+ words) My earliest memory of an outing with my father is the first day he took me to the Woburn Public Library. It was just the two of us. As one of 10 kids, I didn’t get much “alone time” with either…...
Is sliding down the Cop Slide a good idea for grown-ups?
3+ week, 2+ day ago (409+ words) The playground next to Boston City Hall brings life, laughter, and fun to a long-reviled, barren, concrete wasteland. It’s a great space for kids. But thanks to social media and a cop who went viral in 2023 when he took a…...