5 States To Increase Class Time In Some Schools
5 States To Increase Class Time In Some Schools: thedaddycomplex:Data shows that increasing the school day and/or year improves test scores and cuts drop-out rates at even the lowest performing...
View Article"The U.S. is the only OECD country without paid maternity leave; a parent’s...
“The U.S. is the only OECD country without paid maternity leave; a parent’s job isn’t protected if he or she takes a day off to care for a sick child; and the U.S. still lacks affordable, high-quality...
View ArticleStudents Told to Create a Business Plan for Enslaving Africans in London England
Students Told to Create a Business Plan for Enslaving Africans in London England: deliciouskaek:Students aged 13 and 14 were given imaginary tools including manacles, whips, thumb screws, iron brands,...
View ArticleThings Everyone Knows and Don't Need to Be Said
blackraincloud:Ah mah gahd. My dad left the tv on fox news while I was doing the dishes(he likes to keep an eye on their nonsense) and the O’Reilly factor came on. Ohhhhhhhh my gahhhhhhhhhhhhd he is...
View ArticleThe Campaign Tumblr Is Dead! (Long Live the Campaign Tumblr!)
The Campaign Tumblr Is Dead! (Long Live the Campaign Tumblr!): For the candidate who won the campaign, those implications might be best embodied in the Tumblr that plays host to the new memes and new...
View Article"As he explained yesterday at the Washington Ideas Forum, shrinking state...
“As he explained yesterday at the Washington Ideas Forum, shrinking state budgets have indeed made college less affordable and lead to ballooning student debt. But throughout most of our higher...
View Article"The Large Hadron Collider discovered the Higgs boson. Hooray! Success for...
“The Large Hadron Collider discovered the Higgs boson. Hooray! Success for the big machine! But not really. The discovery of the Higgs means that an entire era of physics — in which the so-called...
View Articleshortformblog: nationaljournal: In which former Senator Alan...
shortformblog:nationaljournal:In which former Senator Alan Simpson, R-Wyo., dances Gangnam Style. The reason? He wants young people to become involved in a discussion about cutting the national debt....
View ArticleSo they're casting a black man as James Bond...and let the great erasure of...
invisiblelad:stfusexists:thegoddamazon:existential-paradise:Seriously, I said this before with Lancelot and I’ll say it again, James Bond was not black! If we cast a white man to play a historically...
View ArticleDC historians dig up details of America’s earliest Muslims
DC historians dig up details of America’s earliest Muslims: educationforliberation:who were African……..For most Muslims, what happens to the body of a deceased person is not quite as important as what...
View Articlethepeoplesrecord: The struggle for abortion rights in...
thepeoplesrecord:The struggle for abortion rights in IrelandDecember 5, 2012Abortion and the struggle for a woman’s right to choose is taking center stage on both sides of the Irish border, in the...
View ArticleKRUGMAN / NY TIMES: "In the ongoing battle of the budget, President Obama has...
KRUGMAN / NY TIMES: "In the ongoing battle of the budget, President Obama has done something very cruel. Declaring that this time he won’t negotiate with himself, he has refused to lay out a proposal...
View Article"Okay, so here's why girls don't get flattered when guys comment on their...
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View Article8bitfuture: Volvo enters the race for self-driving cars. Volvo...
8bitfuture:Volvo enters the race for self-driving cars.Volvo is introducing new features to their cars to assist drivers, with the first features rolling out in the next few years as part of a larger...
View Article"Obama and Boehner spoke by phone this afternoon, their first conversation in...
“Obama and Boehner spoke by phone this afternoon, their first conversation in exactly one week, an administration official said. Their relations have grown frosty in recent days as both sides have dug...
View ArticleSome musings on why the tattooing thing seems to get at white people
so-treu:biyuti:Now. The standard reasons apply so I won’t say too much about them.(standard reasons: white people feel entitled to everything, don’t seem to know how to history, can’t figure out either...
View Articlezuky:harrietsdaughter:downlo:micropolisnyc: Why aren’t there...
zuky:harrietsdaughter:downlo:micropolisnyc:Why aren’t there more minority models in the pages of fashion magazines?The answers are often disturbing, and speak to a form of racial bigotry found in the...
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View Article"The average prison sentence for men who kill their intimate partners is 2 to...
“The average prison sentence for men who kill their intimate partners is 2 to 6 years. Women who kill their partners are sentenced, on average, to 15 years.17 A pair of Maryland cases vividly...
View Article"By kindergarten, 1 out of 4 African American boys in California is convinced...
“By kindergarten, 1 out of 4 African American boys in California is convinced he will fail in school, a self-fulfilling prophecy driven in part by poverty and trauma, according to the results of a...
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