North Carolina committee recommends school choice bill to benefit private school attendance A legislative committee in North Carolina is recommending a school choice bill. It would nearly double funding by more than half a billion dollars next year. The funding could benefit more families ... 05/3/2024 - 1:10 pm | View Link
Spending $500M: School choice for Republican senators, teachers for governor North Carolina education perspectives at opposite ends of thought do not show signs of meeting in the middle. Republican lawmakers led the state Senate’s approval of $500 million to erase the waiting ... 05/3/2024 - 7:40 am | View Link
Empowering families through school choice here and beyond I was choosing the right school for my younger children, my choices and my decision-making process would have been far simpler, and a significant weight would have been taken off my shoulders. I want ... 05/3/2024 - 4:55 am | View Link
Nebraska’s School Choice Law May Face Ballot Initiative, As Its Predecessor Did State Sen. Lou Ann Linehan, the sponsor of both school choice efforts, has said it is difficult, even with help from school-choice advocates like U.S. Sen. Pete Ricketts, R-Neb., and former Education ... 05/2/2024 - 4:30 am | View Link
More than 300 students choose not to go to Brockton schools. See how school choice works. In Massachusetts, students can attend any public school in the state through the school choice program. See how school choice works. 05/1/2024 - 10:05 pm | View Link
Houston — Heavy storms slammed the Houston area again Friday, widening already dangerous flooding in Texas and leading to numerous high-water rescues, including some from the rooftops of flooded homes. Officials redoubled urgent instructions for residents in low-lying areas to evacuate, warning the worst was still to come.
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The Eta Aquarids meteor shower, which occurs each year as the Earth passes through remnants of Halley’s comet, is expected to reach its peak this weekend. Watchers can expect to see hundreds of meteors fill the sky in the pre-dawn hours. With the moon at a waning crescent, the show is expected to be even more vibrant than usual.
Chants of “disclose, divest, we will not stop, we will not rest” are reverberating across the globe as student-led protests in support of Palestine have popped up outside the U. S. and in countries like Australia, Mexico, and the U. K. as the Israel-Hamas war enters into its seventh month.
The best Taylor Swift needle drops will make you think about her music a little differently. A show like You might play with tone, turning an emotional ballad into comic relief, while The Buccaneers might help christen a new Swiftie classic with one pivotal scene. Some music syncs feel so seamless you may start to believe they were written specifically for a movie, while others, like Swift’s Valentine’s Day sweetheart anthem “Today Was a Fairytale,” actually was.
In a fast-food culture, there may be few things better for your health than making a simple home-cooked meal. But while the meal itself may be a good idea, the cooking part can be a problem—at least if you own a natural gas or propane stove. That’s the conclusion of a new study in Science Advances, showing that dangerous levels of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) are emitted by both kinds of stoves.
The findings are a result of new work conducted at Stanford University by environmental scientist Rob Jackson and graduate researcher Yannai Kashtan.