Description: Long term objectives for public education across Mass: state commission on teaching wants decentralization to allow individual principals to make more decisions.
Description: Sen. Thomas Norton proposes lottery for betting on horse racing. Horses on track at Suffolk Downs. Off-track betting. Start of race. "They're off!" Announcer calls race. Spectators hold slips.
Description: Rev. Earl W. Jackson, Sr. vows to destroy the newly enacted gay rights bill. MCAD commissioner Alex Rodriguez says he will enforce the law vigorously. Gov. Dukakis signs bill. MCAD sign.
Description: Federal parental leave bill provides for 18 weeks unpaid time off after childbirth. Interest in making Massachusetts policy match length of leave plus adding wage replacement. Rep. Mary Jane Gibson.