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Oregon school chiefs have again suspended the need for high schoolers to prove their math, reading and writing skills in order to graduate. The State Board of Education voted last week to continue the suspension for another five years amid claims they are unfair on minority students who don't test well. In order to earn a diploma, graduating students were previously required to earn standardized test scores indicating proficiency in reading, writing and math. But this was put on pause during the pandemic as standardized tests weren't happening amid school closures. Following a unanimous vote by the Oregon State Board...

There are ten countries that have more than 100 confirmed cases of the coronavirus, but the United States has the smallest infection rate per capita of all of them by a significant margin.According to figures provided by the World Health Organization (WHO), the ten countries with 100 or more cases, as of Thursday, are as follows: China: 80,523 cases South Korea: 5,766 Italy: 3,089 Iran: 2,922 Japan: 317 France: 282 Germany: 262 Spain: 198 United States: 129 Singapore: 110 Taking population into account, the United States has a per capita infection rate of 0.0000388 percent. The next highest per...

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