Free Republic 3rd Qtr 2025 Fundraising Target: $81,000 Receipts & Pledges to-date: $16,225
20%  
Woo hoo!! And we're now over 20%!! Thank you all very much!! God bless.

Keyword: edukation

Brevity: Headers | « Text »
  • University provides 87 different programs to fight bias on campus

    08/16/2017 9:27:23 AM PDT · by ForYourChildren · 15 replies
    The College Fix ^ | 08/16/2017 | Toni Airaksinen
    Among them: ‘Bias crime reporting’ Fordham University requires new student affairs department employees to undergo “bias crime reporting and response” training, one part of a massive campaign at the institution called “Action Against Bias.” The training is among 87 different efforts spread across the school’s two campuses in the Bronx and Manhattan aimed at fighting bias at Fordham. Other efforts include a dinner for students-of-color only, social justice programming, talks on “whiteness,” discussions on preferred gender pronoun usage, “civility” training, “diversity peer leaders,” LGBTQ support, multicultural celebrations, a 12-step diversity program, talks on sexual identity, diversity-infused curriculums, role-playing workshops, and...
  • [NY] CITY SPENDING MORE PER STUDENT: $14,642 / YEAR

    07/20/2005 4:05:51 AM PDT · by NativeNewYorker · 13 replies · 714+ views
    nypost ^ | 7/20/5
    July 20, 2005 -- Education spending per New York City pupil jumped more than 15 percent in the last five years, a new report shows. According to the city's nonpartisan Independent Budget Office, per-student spending in the city shot up to $14,642 this past school year, from $12,673 in 2000-01.
  • A dictionary for every road repair crew

    10/12/2003 2:55:47 PM PDT · by Dog Gone · 23 replies · 288+ views
    St. Petersburg Times ^ | October 10, 2003 | EILEEN SCHULTE
    One misspelled construction sign was enough to send Barbara Santin straight to the governor. Now that there are two, what's Bush and company going to do? One of two misspelled construction signs, about a mile apart in Clearwater. This one was at N Fort Harrison Avenue and Iroquois Street. [Times photo: Jim Damaske] [Photo courtesy of Tom Santin] The original misspelled sign, spotted by Barbara and Tom Santin a few days ago on N Fort Harrison Avenue. CLEARWATER - Barbara and Tom Santin were cruising down Edgewater Drive a few days ago after an evening in Dunedin when they...