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U.S.
Nationwide Test Shows Dip in Students’ Math Abilities
Education officials said the decline in scores was unexpected, but could be related to changes ushered in by the Common Core standards."The stagnating performance could also reflect the demographic changes sweeping America’s schools and the persistent achievement gap between white students and minorities, as well as between students from poor families and their more affluent peers."
This testing regime has included what were unmeasured groups. The Black and Hispanic were not taught. The disenfranchised have never been educated.
School Boards would like to blame something other than their hierarchic tendencies for the maldistribution knowledge.
The dip in the measurement is an artifact of the change in the composition of the measured group. It does not speak well of the persons in charge of selecting the group to be educated.
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Opinion
Soda Tax: Not the Answer
The American Beverage Association asserts that a tax on soft drinks will not improve public health.The pop tax should help public health.
Let the experiment be tried.
Bankrupting Atlanta will not bother me.
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U.S.
Obama Administration Calls for Limits on Testing in Schools
The administration acknowledged its own role in the proliferation of tests, and urged schools to make exams less onerous and more purposeful."Specifically, the administration called for a cap on assessment so that no child would spend more than 2 percent of classroom instruction time taking tests."
The rest is spin.
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Opinion
Mining and the Grand Canyon National Park
The National Mining Association writes that “additional protections” for Grand Canyon National Park are not needed.Mark Udall’s concern is with the waters.
Let us not be distracted by the Drama of erosion.
Their profits are not worth my pleasures.
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N.Y. / Region
New York City to Offer SAT Free to 11th-Grade Students
The change, which will take effect in the spring of the 2016-17 school year, is intended to encourage more students to apply to college.The program will increase college applications.
Unfortunately admission to the financial elite is not by academic merit.
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N.Y. / Region
Despite Vow, Mayor de Blasio Struggles to Stop Surge in Homelessness
The homeless travel toward hope.
Homelessness is created broadly and dealt with locally.
In New York City the solution has been Hart Island.
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U.S.
House Passes Deadline Extension for Rail Safety System
The legislation, which would allow three more years for installation of positive train control, could prevent disruptions in service at the end of this year.The rail road operators see no reason to lose control of their operations.
Management has not paid attention to operation in the last hundred years.
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World
Austria Weighs Building Border Fence to Stem Flow of Migrants
With as many as 8,000 migrants entering the country each day recently, Vienna is looking into building a “technical barrier” along its frontier with Slovenia.The migrants are not an army or colonists.
They are homeless walking toward hope.
The apostolic churches should be busy proselytizing among them.
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Food
With La Chine, the Waldorf Astoria Welcomes Haute Cuisine From China
Also: Blue Fin in Times Square and La Maison du Chocolat on the Upper East Side reopen; and Crema in Chelsea is closing.Food news for consumers.
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Opinion
Effects of Greater Scrutiny of Police
Readers discuss comments by the F.B.I. director, James B. Comey, that the increased scrutiny may have led to increased violent crime.James B. Comey should be replaced.
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Sports
Jaguars Withstand Late Charge by the Bulls for a Rare Win at Wembley
Buffalo erased a 24-point deficit to take the lead, but a late touchdown pass gave Jacksonville its first victory in London in three tries.http://www.theguardian.com/football
http://www.theguardian.com/uk/sport
http://www.theguardian.com/sport/rugby-world-cup-2015
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N.Y. / Region
Call to Freeze Liquor Licenses in Inwood for 1 Year
State Senator Adriano Espaillat announced a proposal calling on the New York State Liquor Authority to impose a one-year moratorium on new liquor licenses in the neighborhood.Fighting sin has not worked yet.
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Opinion
A Federal Plan to Reduce School Testing
Readers are not satisfied by a White House effort to reduce the time spent on standardized tests in the nation’s schools.A test that students can ignore is not a test of students.
Schools that fear tests of schools are not educating their charges.
There is a power failure here.
The Hurricane from Mexico blew through.
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Opinion
Meat as a Cause of Cancer
A recent report provides persuasive evidence that eating meat can cause cancer, but the risk is very small for most people.There is nothing new in this report.
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Sports
Philadelphia Eagles at Carolina Panthers Preview
With two straight wins the Eagles are looking like the Eagles many expected coming into this season.
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N.Y. / Region
Manhattan Rezoning Fight Involves a School Called ‘Persistently Dangerous’
Many parents object to a city plan to switch some children from a crowded, successful school on West 70th Street to a West 61st Street school that has earned an unwanted state designation.Moving school district lines changes property values down.
Up does not cause screams.
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U.S.
Video Shows Officer Flipping Student in South Carolina, Prompting Inquiry
A white school police officer is seen flipping a black female high school student backward in her desk and dragging her on the floor.Civil government can devolve to summary execution.
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Sports
Bouncing Back From Loss, Rangers Cruise Past Flames
Dan Girardi broke a tie late in the second period in a game in which he moved into 10th place on the list of players who have played the most games for the Rangers.World Series
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Business Day
Study Cites Lower Standards in Law School Admissions
The report by the nonprofit group Law School Transparency found that more law schools are admitting “at risk” students with lower admissions test scores."As law schools across the country try to keep their classrooms full, many are admitting students with lesser qualifications, including those with a lower admissions test score — considered an important predictor of whether a graduate will earn the credentials to practice law."
Lawyers are not getting paid enough . . .
Be a banker
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N.Y. / Region
Merryl Tisch, Board of Regents Chancellor, Says She Will Step Down
Dr. Tisch, who has been New York State’s highest education official since 2009, announced she would leave at the end of her term in March.Merryl H. Tisch never understood her office.
By adopting the Common Core she attempted to displace the school boards.
The boards are fighting for their power, the reason for their existence.
The state constitution guarantees all children a basic education.
This is seen as the original unfunded mandate.
The Core Curriculum defines a basic education.
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