'Proud' to be American? Students struggle to answer

education” target=”_blank”>Students<, struggled to say whether they were “proud” to be American ahead of 4th of July weekend. Ophelie Jacobson, a reporter with Campus Reform — a conservative news site and higher-education watchdog — walked around Georgetown asking young people in the area whether they were proud to be American and whether the United States…

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Surfside condo manager complained of repair delays just days before collapse: 'This is holding us up'

The disasters” target=”_blank”>Champlain Towers< Florida’s building department were “holding us up” from making needed repairs on the building, emails show, according to a report.  “We need to get to answers to these questions,” Scott Stewart, the condo’s building manager, wrote June 21. Surfside’s building department failed to respond to the condo association’s request to approve a…

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Virginia district spent $34K on critical race theory coaching for administrators, documents show

Newly unveiled documents from us-regions Loudoun County education” target=”_blank”>Public Schools<, a former justice-department” target=”_blank”>Justice Department< He took issue with a number of bullet points in the presentation and highlighted them. “What we’re seeing here is making assumptions about everybody and their life situation based on race,” he said.  One slide focuses heavily on Black and…

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Proposal would ban mink farming to stem coronavirus mutation

A bipartisan proposal in the house-of-representatives” target=”_blank”>U.S. House<, something researchers have said can be accelerated when the virus spreads among animals. The bill introduced this week is an effort from Reps. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., and Nancy Mace, R-S.C. It would prohibit the import, export, transport, sale or purchase of mink in the United States. Researchers…

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Tennessee woman sues after state officials deem vanity license plate 'offensive'

A nashville” target=”_blank”>Nashville< officials after her vanity license plate reading “69PWNDU” was taken away a decade after she first registered it. “When Nashville woman Leah Gilliam purchased a vanity plate to celebrate her interests in astronomy and gaming, it did not occur to her that her constitutionally protected speech could land her in jail,” her…

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Ohio private school students denied reenrollment after moms' 'inflammatory' campaign against 'indoctrination'

An us-regions education” target=”_blank”>private school< The letters show Columbus Academy leaders alleging that moms had “pursued a course of action that has been anything but civil, respectful and faithful to the facts.” “Instead,” they add, “you have engaged in a campaign against Columbus Academy through a sustained, and increasingly inflammatory, series of false and misleading…

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Coney Island security guard arrested after go-kart brawl leaves student in coma: police

A new-york-city” target=”_blank”>Brooklyn< education” target=”_blank”>student< Tuesday with a security guard, police said. New York City crime arrested Rayon Lovett, 34, in the assault of the 21-year-old student, whose name was not released to the press.  The student was on a date with a 19-year-old female at Coney Island when Lovett purportedly tried to eject the…

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Critical race theory opponents to be targeted, ‘researched’ by NEA teachers' union

The National education” target=”_blank”>Education<, which critics have described as a form of neo-racism. “NEA will research the organizations attacking educators doing anti-racist work and/or use the research already done and put together a list of resources and recommendations for state affiliates, locals, and individual educators to utilize when they are attacked,” the measure reads on…

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