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Articles by Valerie Richardson

President Barack Obama speaks before signing the "Every Student Succeeds Act," a major education law setting U.S. public schools on a new course of accountability, Thursday, Dec. 10, 2015, in Washington. The law will change the way teachers are evaluated and how the poorest performing schools are pushed to improve. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Obama school discipline directive fueling classroom chaos

The Trump administration is being accused of racism for targeting an Obama-era directive compelling schools to ease up on discipline for minority students -- even though the policy has made life more difficult for kids, including minorities, stuck in increasingly unruly classrooms.

March 21, 2018
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., arrives as  Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen testifies in front of the Senate Banking Committee in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2017. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Radio host Howie Carr plans to sneak Elizabeth Warren’s DNA

Boston radio host Howie Carr revealed Friday that he attempted six years ago to obtain a DNA sample from a pen cap she removed with her teeth before she signed a book--and said he plans to try it again unless she agrees to take a test voluntarily.

March 18, 2018