Based on spring reading assessments, an unknown number of students will need to attend a summer learning camp in June, receive tutoring throughout their fourth grade or repeat third grade.

Career and self-exploration should begin as early as middle school when kids are less stressed and more curious about their future.

Because anti-discrimination laws on education, housing and health care use similar language as the workplace discrimination prohibition, LGBTQ advocates say the same protections should apply.

“It's just upsetting to see that they kicked out the one woman of color who has actually been putting in a lot of help for the community,” said Ezra Rosario, a graduate of Everett High School in Massachusetts. “She's been very proactive. But our own mayor is only proactive when it looks good on his own.”