“Why is there more public spending on so-called special education than on parent involvement and education, which is inherently preventive?” — David P. Magnani

“When parents are monitoring their children, students do well in school. The obverse is also true.” — Robert Waldron

“Yes, Benjamin Netanyahu’s protocol breach is unprecedented. But the expected content of his address is far more troubling.” — Michael Felsen

“It would be refreshing to see our president be as stringent in doing whatever he can to protect American interests around the globe.” — Lynn Engle

Robert Finch lauds Carlo Rotella’s column on “wasted time” among teenagers.

“Who was the genius who decided that a football game needs different balls for each team?” — James Blakey

Mosi Tatupu, a Patriots fan favorite in the 1980s, underwent a heartbreaking metamorphosis toward the end of his football career and in retirement. Now, his family knows why.

Outreach workers in vans vowed to continue the push through Governor Charlie Baker’s travel ban as long as roads remained safe.

Two weather systems are combining to produce a potentially historic storm.

One of the last Super Bowl-bound non-stops before the blizzard hit left Logan Airport as planned Monday afternoon.

We must have the reasons at our fingertips when this right is called into question.

When it comes to getting welfare recipients into jobs, Massachusetts is behind the rest of the country.

Crimmins’s lifelong efforts to come to terms with the psychological impact of a terrible trauma form the spine of the documentary “Call Me Lucky.”

Harvard-Smithsonian scientist Willie Soon apparently failed to disclose conflicts of interest in a new paper.

The new governor must make good on his campaign promise to pursue a “balanced approach.”

Oklahoma is willing to put three executions on hold while the US Supreme Court reviews whether a certain sedative can render death row inmates sufficiently unconscious, the state’s attorney general said in a Monday filing with the court.

An extra 90 minutes of transit service two nights a week can make a big difference in the life of a city.

NEW DELHI — India’s military forces marched past President Obama and India’s president and prime minister in great waves of color Monday. On one level, of course, it was just a parade. But it served as a fitting geopolitical metaphor as well.

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The lawmakers are worried that the infrastructure costs to the state would top $5 billion.

A look at Tuesday TV programming including “American Experience: Edison” on WGBH 2 and “Marvel’s Agent Carter” on ABC.