#Why all students should take the SAT

#Why all students should take the SAT

“Why all students should take the SAT” It was less than five years ago that I spent a beautiful August afternoon in a poorly ventilated gymnasium full of hundreds of sweaty, nervous teenagers penciling in bubbles for the SAT. But, as much as I hated taking that test, I hate the idea of doing away…

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#Letters to the Editor — June 6, 2022

#Letters to the Editor — June 6, 2022

“Letters to the Editor — June 6, 2022” The Issue: Mayor Adams’ statement that the mask mandate for children under 5 will continue. The only reason Mayor Adams wants masks on 5-year-olds and under is because everything else he is in charge of is a disaster (“Eric: keep them on, kiddies!”, June 3). He is…

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#Here’s how to prevent the next mass shooting

#Here’s how to prevent the next mass shooting

“Here’s how to prevent the next mass shooting” This week our country witnessed a horrific school shooting that claimed the lives of 19 children and two educators in Uvalde, Texas — a tragedy eerily similar to Sandy Hook, where my sweet little Daniel was murdered in his first-grade classroom nearly 10 years ago. I know…

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#At least six killed in blasts at Kabul high school

#At least six killed in blasts at Kabul high school

“At least six killed in blasts at Kabul high school” KABUL, April 19 – Three explosions at a high school in western Kabul killed at least six people and injured a number of students, Afghan security and health officials said. Many residents in the neighborhood belong to the Shia Hazara community, an ethnic and religious…

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#Letters to the Editor — April 8, 2022

#Letters to the Editor — April 8, 2022

“Letters to the Editor — April 8, 2022” The Issue: A city attorney who was told she was fired after confronting Mayor Adams about masking kids. We’ve reached quite a low point in our country (“[Don’t] say it to his face!” April 4). A mother, Daniela Jampel, was fired for defending children. Mayor Adams has…

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#Harvard students’ site helping Ukraine refugees find housing

#Harvard students’ site helping Ukraine refugees find housing

“Harvard students’ site helping Ukraine refugees find housing” CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Two Harvard University freshmen have launched a website designed to connect people fleeing Ukraine to those in safer countries willing to take them in — and it’s generating offers of help and housing worldwide. Moved by the plight of Ukrainian refugees desperate to escape…

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#NYC students have personal data hacked

#NYC students have personal data hacked

“NYC students have personal data hacked” The personal data of about 820,000 current and former New York City public school students was compromised in a January hack. The breach of Illuminate, a taxpayer-funded software company the city’s Department of Education uses to track grades and attendance, resulted in a hacker gaining access to students’ names,…

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