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Some local school board members criticize governorship candidate Doug Mastriano’s education plans
[ad_1] Scott Overland believes school board members should stay away from partisan politics. But a first-grade member of the Phoenixville school board believes that if you see someone believing something is wrong, you should not stay silent. These two ideas have recently come into conflict. And Overland chose to stay true to the latter. The ... -
Parents in Virginia allege prejudice at special education hearings
[ad_1] Virginia parents have joined forces to file a class action lawsuit against the state’s Department of Education and Fairfax County Public Schools, alleging that it has historically ruled against children with disabilities in due process lawsuits. rice field. The lawsuit was led by a non-profit organization called Hear Our Voices, founded by Fairfax’s parents. ... -
School of Public Health Data Center Leads New Cook County Health Database
[ad_1] A new community-level public health data portal is now available in Cook County. The Cook County Health Atlas enables residents, community organizations, researchers and public health officials to easily access, analyze, and download neighborhood-level health data from 26 cities and 176 zip codes in rural Cook County. A searchable database that you can use ... -
Florida Teacher, Parents Fear Future of K-12 Education
[ad_1] A month into the new school year, teachers, parents and students in Florida are already experiencing state changes to public school curricula through new state civics standards and education legislation. To improve the civic literacy of Florida students, Gov. Ron DeSantis approved and allocated $106 million for the Civic Literacy Excellence Initiative last July, ... -
Challenges Facing Utah Women Pursuing Higher Education
[ad_1] Julien Reese According to recent U.S. Census Bureau data, Utah women earn slightly more undergraduate degrees than Utah men (23.4% vs. 22.6%). However, Utah has the largest educational gap among higher degree holders in the United States. Nationally, 13% of women and 12.4% of men have a graduate degree, but in Utah only 9.3% ... -
Contrary to popular claims, water fluoridation has so far not been associated with cognitive impairment or other health problems.
[ad_1] Claim “Harvard Study Confirms: Fluoride Lowers Children’s IQ” detail Factually inaccurate: A Harvard University study did not confirm that fluoride lowers a child’s IQ. Although this study established a correlation between fluoride levels and children’s IQ, it did not prove that fluoride caused the observed differences in IQ scores.inadequate support: There is currently no ... -
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[ad_1] Students in West Virginia face challenges unimaginable to previous generations. Our state is in the same backward economic stagnation that has been going on for almost 100 years. That’s true. But decades of financial despair, coupled with stubborn adherence to sociocultural norms that should have been thrown out decades ago, make it ... -
Ensuring bone health in adolescents who identify as transgender
[ad_1] About 1.4% of young people in America report themselves as transgender. The numbers are based on a report released in June by the Williams Institute at the University of California, Los Angeles School of Law, after analyzing data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This estimate is nearly double the organization’s ...











