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Public schoolsIn the Name of Equity, California Will Discourage Students Who Are Gifted at MathThe new framework aims to keep everyone learning at the same level for as long as possible. Robby Soave | 5.4.2021 1:39 PM California's Department of Education is working on a new framework for K-12 mathematics that discourages gifted students from enrolling in accelerated classes that study advanced concepts like calculus.The draft of the framework is hundreds of pages long and covers a wide range of topics. But its overriding concern is inequity. The department is worried that too many students are sorted into different math...

A newly-released photo of President Biden and the First Lady visiting a former president and first lady is making the rounds on social media, largely because of its strange appearance. Due to the camera angle and the placement of its subjects, the image appears as though the Bidens are giants and the Carters are unusually small. But quite a few observers have also noted that the Bidens removed their masks for the picture, taken in close quarters with a pair of nongenarians, then put the masks back on when departing the Carter home, stepping into the outdoors: President and Mrs....

Florida Democratic Rep. Charlie Crist, who served as the state’s governor from 2007 to 2011, announced Tuesday on Twitter that he is running for governor once again. “Florida should be a place where hard work is rewarded, justice is equal, and opportunity is right in front of you,” he said. “That’s a Florida for all — and that’s why I’m running for Governor.”

On Sunday, Utah County Sheriff's Office found a 47-year-old woman who has been missing since last November alive in a tent while searching for her body with a drone She managed to survive despite the area regularly experiencing freezing temperatures in December and January She ate supplies left in an abandoned tent she moved into, and also survived on moss as well as grass, with cops saying she was underweight Around Thanksgiving time last year, deputies searched the area and found an abandoned tent and camping equipment along with identifying information on the 47-year-old woman The Sheriff's office was not...

Good news for obscure Republican candidates! You can get intense glowing coverage from the mainstream media such as CNN but only if you project yourself as anti-Trump. Such was the case with Saturday's special election in the 6th congressional district of Texas. There were 23 candidates in the open primary to fill the seat of former Congressman Ronald Wright who died in February. So guess who CNN focused on? You guessed it, the only Republican who proclaimed himself to be at odds with Donald Trump.

Spring rains often bring scores of earthworms to the surface, where they writhe on top of soil and sidewalks. But recently, heavy rainfall in a town near New York City was followed by something a little more unusual: a wormnado. A resident of Hoboken, New Jersey was out for a morning walk in a park near the Hudson River on March 25, when she spotted hundreds of worms spread along the walkway. The woman, who asked not to be identified, told Live Science that after her initial surprise she noticed something even more bizarre — a number of the worms...

I just created this meme and am planning to start posting it on social media soon. Before I do that, I[m seeking some feedback feedback from my fellow Freepers regarding its text message, its graphic, its effectiveness and whatever other thoughts any of you might care to share.I'm hoping that it will go viral as a response to Black Lives Matter. I'd also be grateful if any of you with artistic inclinations might be willing to create a logo image as a response to the black fist of defiance that BLM uses. There's room above the "Change My Mind" text...

BofA: "Transitory Hyperinflation Ahead" Last week, when discussing the latest earnings call commentary, Bank of America said "Buckle up! Inflation is here", and showed a chart of the number of mentions of “inflation”… Last week, when discussing the latest earnings call commentary, Bank of America said "Buckle up! Inflation is here", and showed a chart of the number of mentions of “inflation” during earnings calls which exploded, more than tripling YoY per company so far, the and the biggest jump in history since BofA started keeping records in 2004. Who knew that just one week later BofA would need a...

Pennsylvania will lift COVID-19 restrictions on businesses on Memorial Day, Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration said Tuesday. The Wolf administration also said the state’s order on wearing masks in public will end when the state hits the target of 70% of residents 18 and older are vaccinated. “We continue to make significant progress in the fight to stop the spread of COVID-19 and as more Pennsylvania adults get vaccinated and guidance from the CDC evolves, we can continue to move forward with our reopening efforts,” Department of Health Acting Secretary Alison Beam said in a statement. Other than the masking, the...

All students deserve powerful mathematics; we reject ideas of natural gifts and talents," reads a bulletpoint in chapter one of the framework. "The belief that 'I treat everyone the same' is insufficient: Active efforts in mathematics teaching are required in order to counter the cultural forces that have led to and continue to perpetuate current inequities." The entire second chapter of the framework is about connecting math to social justice concepts like bias and racism:

One of the downsides for liberal publications when they get a bit too comfortable with their audiences of a similar political persuasion is that they can accidentally let their guard down and reveal embarrassing truths. One such example could have been in Politico on Monday in which reporters Burgess Everett and Marianne Levine appeared to have inadvertently let the cat out of the bag in "Senate Dems agonize over voting rights strategy."

Of all the moving goal posts in the COVID-19 pandemic, herd immunity may be the most difficult to pin down — and it may even be the wrong metric to track. Herd immunity is the concept that once a majority of the population has been vaccinated or has natural immunity to an infectious disease, in this case SARS-CoV-2, life will shift back to normal. But to listen to Dr. Anthony Fauci, President Joe Biden’s chief medical adviser and the head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, is to hear him downplay the focus on this “elusive” concept...

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe is providing important new insights into the inner working of the Sun and to achieve that it's breaking records left, right, and center. Last week it became the closest human-made object ever to the Sun and the fastest human-made object ever, breaking its own previous records. It was clocked zipping through the Sun's outer atmosphere at 532,000 kilometers (330,000 miles) per hour. To give you a sense of this achievement, let's put it in another context: Something made by humans just swung past the Sun at about 0.05 percent of the speed of light. The solar...

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy is taking aim at No. 3 Republican in the House, Rep. Liz Cheney, publicly questioning her ability to play a leading role in the party’s messaging efforts and privately stating that he’s “had it with her.” The California Republican was caught on a hot mic on Tuesday stating “I think she’s got real problems. I’ve had it with … I’ve had it with her. You know, I’ve lost confidence. … Well, someone just has to bring a motion, but I assume that will probably take place,” while speaking with Fox News anchor Steve Doocey off...

Last month, Michigan constitutional attorney Matthew DePerno released his much anticipated Michigan Elections Forensics Report. In the report, expert witnes Dr. Douglas Frank concluded that in nine Michigan counties, including counties in the Detroit metro, over 66,000 ballots were recorded that are not associated with a registered voter from the October 2020 database. Frank also asserted that voter registration was either near or exceeded the population of those counties. Dr. Frank concluded that an algorithm based on census and registration data shifted votes in Michigan. Today, DePerno released another expert exhibit, which claims to have cracked the Dominion code. In...

As a federal investigation into Rudolph W. Giuliani escalates, his advisers have been pressing aides to former President Donald J. Trump to reach into a $250 million war chest to pay Mr. Giuliani for his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election on Mr. Trump’s behalf. The pressure from Mr. Giuliani’s camp has intensified since F.B.I. agents executed search warrants at Mr. Giuliani’s home and office last week, according to people familiar with the discussions, and comes as Mr. Giuliani has hired new lawyers and is facing his own protracted — and costly — legal battles. Federal prosecutors...

Treasury Secretary Yellen conceded that interest rates may have to rise to keep a lid on burgeoning economic growth brought on in part by trillions in stimulus spending.

An artist's impression of amyloid plaques forming in the brain, which scientists hope to tackle as a way of treating Alzheimer's katerynakon/Depositphotos =================================================================== Research into what causes Alzheimer's and how it might be treated involves a number of possibilities, but one scientists are continually coming back to is brain plaques playing a central role in driving the disease. It follows that researchers are investigating ways to destroy these plaques or prevent them from forming, and scientists at the University of Tokyo have come up with a novel approach to this problem involving injectable, oxygenated atoms that are activated by infrared...

In 2019 I wrote in these very pages about the lie that “white supremacist terrorism” is the greatest threat to Americans. Back in those pre-plague days, it was mostly the media spreading this myth. But now, it’s the President of the United States. Last week Biden, in his de facto State of the Union speech, claimed that “white supremacists” are “the most lethal terrorist threat to the US.” In fact, Islam’s jihadists pale in comparison. And Biden even adduced the federal intelligence agencies to support this contention.The problem: it’s not even remotely true.Foreign Terrorist Organizations Dominated by JihadistsFirst, the global...

There will be a protest on the Univ of Pittsburgh campus this Friday at 11 am. Watch the video and see: the FBI has found Pitt to be a major hub in the trafficking of aborted baby parts and well as a training ground for some of the nation’s most horrific abortion providers.