Only a small percentage of students and parents across the state do it, but supporters of homeschooling say the coronavirus pandemic could change the way some Massachusetts students are educated long-term.
As of the 2017-2018 school year, just 3.04 percent of the Bay State's K-12 students were homeschooled (30,715 out of 1,009,367), according to A2Z Homeschooling. However, the state's education system has undergone a major change since then.
About 20 family members showed up with signs and balloons outside a nursing home in Dalton, Massachusetts to celebrate the birthday of Lily Watkins this weekend as she turned 105.
Visitors aren't allowed inside the building because of the coronavirus emergency, so the family members gathered outside the nursing home's metal gate, while Watkins stayed on the other side, according to the Berkshire Eagle.
