#51K more NYC students enroll in classroom learning

#51K more NYC students enroll in classroom learning

“#51K more NYC students enroll in classroom learning” Roughly 51,000 Big Apple kids switched from remote to blended learning during a Department of Education opt-in period this month, according to the agency. That brings the total number of city students participating in classroom activity to 365,000, according to the DOE. There are roughly 960,000 kids…

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#GOP Sen. Cornyn questions if Biden is ‘really in charge’

#GOP Sen. Cornyn questions if Biden is ‘really in charge’

“#GOP Sen. Cornyn questions if Biden is ‘really in charge’” Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, questioned Monday if President Biden is “really in charge” as the president keeps a much lower profile than his predecessors. The Texas senator questioned the president’s leadership in a Twitter thread aimed at Biden’s sparse media presence where he shared a link to a Politico article on…

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#CEO at Johnson & Johnson COVID vaccine company got 51% raise

#CEO at Johnson & Johnson COVID vaccine company got 51% raise

“#CEO at Johnson & Johnson COVID vaccine company got 51% raise” Emergent BioSolutions, the manufacturer at the center of the Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine bungle, gave its chief executive officer a 51 percent compensation bump in 2020 — bringing his total remuneration to a whopping $5.6 million. On top of a lucrative $893,000 salary,…

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#UAE selects first Arab woman for astronaut training

#UAE selects first Arab woman for astronaut training

“#UAE selects first Arab woman for astronaut training” DUBAI – The United Arab Emirates has selected the first Arab woman to train as an astronaut, as the Gulf country rapidly expands into the space sector to diversify its economy. Emirati national Nora al-Matrooshi, a 27-year-old mechanical engineering graduate currently working at Abu Dhabi’s National Petroleum…

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#Children swap classrooms for beach lessons in Spain

#Children swap classrooms for beach lessons in Spain

“#Children swap classrooms for beach lessons in Spain” LOS NIETOS, Spain – Does having school at the beach sound like a dream? After a year of remote learning and socially distanced classrooms, one school in the Spanish region of Murcia is doing just that, trying to combine clear air and a new way of teaching….

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