With the start of a new school year just days away, a state panel charged with tackling antisemitism in the classroom has rolled out a preliminary suite of recommendations aimed at better classroom instruction, more anti-bias training, and promoting community bonding.
“There has been so much reach-out on this. Folks obviously feel very strongly on this,” the commission’s co-chairperson, state Sen. John Velis, D-Hampden/Hampshire, said of the recommendations for the state’s K-12 public schools.
The Westfield Democrat made his comments during a public meeting at the State House that was punctuated by outbursts from those who opposed the report…