The Baltimore public school system is under fire after the city said no students in 23 area schools are proficient in math, standards that are reportedly declining across Maryland.
According to Fox News, 93 percent of students in third through eighth grade tested below their grade level when it came to mathematics, the outlet reported Tuesday.
"Should coffee just be banned? Having fought hard to ban plastic coffee cups, Aussie greens have realised solving plastic pollution with compostable cups might increase greenhouse gas emissions.
Why there’s concern this state’s ban on plastic takeaway coffee cups could have unintended consequences...
Western Australia’s takeaway coffee cup ban comes into effect from 27 February.
An estimated 1.84 billion single-use cups are used by Australians every year.
Compostable coffee cups can still be sold but advocates say the infrastructure to properly process these cups is not accessible.
Today's Marxists believe they can to tear down every long-standing system by pushing equity.
"Marxism is alive and well in America’s universities.
A 2006 survey found that nearly 18 percent of social scientists identified with that label, and more recent research suggests that the number of Marxists on campus has only increased since. ...Enter the latest rebranding of Marxism: “Equity,” which many are inclined to embrace because it sounds good.
It sounds, in fact, a lot like “equality,” a traditional American value.
Some even conflate the two words, using them interchangeably. But they are not the same.
“Equality,” in our system, refers to equality before the law and equality of opportunity.
One of the most astounding revelations from the press conference (watch below) was that the train was not classified as carrying hazardous chemicals.
“I learned today from the PUCO [Public Utilities Council of Ohio] that this train was not considered a high hazardous material train,” DeWine said.
As a result, the railroad was not required to notify anyone in Ohio about what the train was carrying. ...“Frankly, if this is true, and I’m told it’s true, this is absurd...
The shift to remote work is costing New York City more than $12 billion each year. Office workers are spending $4,661 less per person in the areas near their offices than before the pandemic began, according to a Bloomberg analysis of a Feb. 12 WFH Research study.
The Big Apple has seen the largest reduction in spending across the country, with a deficit of $12.4 billion a year.
Do not refer to a person’s pronouns as their “preferred” pronouns or “gender” pronouns. Using “preferred” implies that a person’s pronoun selection is merely a preference and, therefore, something that is not required. Using “gender” ignores people who are agender.
Always use the pronouns that a person asks you to use.
When you make a mistake, ACT: Apologize > Correct > Try Again.
Do not assume you know someone’s pronouns based on their name, the way they look, their voice, how they dress, or any other factor.
If you don’t know someone’s pronouns, ask (politely). Don’t just ask people who you assume are trans.
Share your pronouns and create opportunities for people to share their pronouns, like in email signatures or at the beginning of meetings. Please note that some transgender and nonbinary people will opt out of sharing as a means of self-protection...
1804 - A raid was led by Lt. Stephen Decatur to burn the U.S. Navy frigate Philadelphia. The ship had been taken by pirates.
1857 - The National Deaf Mute College was incorporated in Washington, DC. It was the first school in the world for advanced education of the deaf. The school was later renamed Gallaudet College.
1932 - The first fruit tree patent was issued to James E. Markham for a peach tree which ripens later than other varieties.
1937 - Wallace H. Carothers received a patent for nylon. Carothers was a research chemist for Du Pont.
1959 - Fidel Castro seized power in Cuba after the overthrow of President Fulgencio Batista.
1968 - In the U.S., the first 911 emergency telephone system was inaugurated in Haleyville, AL.
2005 - The Kyoto global warming pact went into effect in 140 nations.
The People's Republic of China lobbied criticisms at the United States on Monday over the nation's recent actions to protect its airspace.
Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Wang Wenbin spoke to reporters Monday about the multiple aircraft shot down over the U.S. since the destruction of an unmanned Chinese surveillance balloon earlier this month.
"We have heard way too many stories from generations past of infrastructure where you got a neighborhood, often a neighborhood of color, that finally sees the project come to them but everyone in the hardhats on that project looking like, doing the good-paying jobs, don't look like they came from anywhere near the neighborhood."
Then why do he, Biden, and other Democrats require companies to abide by prevailing wage laws, which have oppressed minorities for over 90 years?...
More than half of recent grads ‘report emotional or mental health challenges’
"A survey conducted by the Mary Christie Institute discovered that recent college graduates are not emotionally prepared for the workforce. ...“Our findings show that once in the workplace, young people continue to struggle mentally and emotionally,” the think tank wrote. The survey found that 43 percent of those individuals with mental health said they had anxiety while 31 percent reported having depression. “Women reported worse mental health than men...
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) on Monday called for legislation to tackle Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) banking in the Sunshine State.
Speaking behind a sign reading, “Government of Laws, Not Woke Politics,” the governor lambasted the elites injecting what he described as woke banking, or “political ideology into investment decisions, corporate governance, and really just the everyday economy.”
Why Is the Left Pushing Straight Men to Date Trans Dudes? "...For starters, I had no idea that the push for gay marriage — technically a libertarian movement — would eventually lead to leftist harpies insisting, in a most authoritarian way, that I sleep with transgender women men in dresses to prove I’m not a “bigot.”
Check out this man who thinks he has a period. All I see is a question mark.
Why are the bolshies pushing demi genders on straight men like myself? Several reasons, including;
PINKO-RAMA! There are 45 goals for the communists to take over the nation without a shot. Goal #8 is “Present homosexuality, degeneracy, and promiscuity as normal, natural, and healthy.”
The U.S. State Department on Monday ordered all U.S. citizens in Russia to leave immediately as the war in Ukraine ramps up and concerns over arbitrary detentions mount. "U.S. citizens residing or traveling in Russia should depart immediately," the U.S. embassy in Moscow warned. "Exercise increased caution due to the risk of wrongful detentions."
In a stark message the department also said, "Do not travel to Russia."
The Proceedings of the National Academy of Science used to be a prestigious journal. And still is. Getting a paper in PNAS is a mark of approval from the scientific community at large. It is seen as a mark of approval for one’s work.
Therefore, if that journal publishes an asinine preposterous sloppy piece of foolish fluff, it must mean that the scientific community sees asinine preposterous sloppy foolish fluff as good.
Our peer-reviewed PNAS paper is “Systemic racism alters wildlife genetic diversity” by Chloe Schmidt and Colin J. Garroway. I don’t know, but I’m guessing with those names the Canada-based authors are white. The title announces its falsity.
We know that we must be in for a piece of science fantasy fiction, because we know there is no such thing as “systemic racism” against blacks.
Indeed, all observation shows at all official levels, public and private, the opposite is true...
"Should coffee just be banned? 
