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Aug 04 2020
Background
The Role of Technology in Improving K–12 School Safety
Violence in schools negatively affects children's future life outcomes and the culture and performance of the school. For these reasons, promoting school safety is a national priority for many federal agencies, including the National Institute of Justice. This report focuses on school safety technologies as one among many approaches to prevent and respond to school violence. In the report, the
RAND CorporationSep 05 2016
Opinion
OPINION: A new kind of Labor Day
Today’s holiday is the 122nd anniversary of the first national Labor Day, a date that in 1894 union workers thought would long be a rallying time for blue-collar labor against management — much in the fashion of the May Day associated with Marxism.
Guest Writer - RightJan 21 2015
News
SOTU Fact Check: Test Scores Stagnant Despite Billions More Spent
In his State of the Union address Tuesday, President Obama claimed his "Race to the Top" education program is responsible for raising test scores in public schools.
TownhallJan 21 2015
News
SOTU Fact Check: Obama Bailed Out Banks On The Backs Of The Middle Class
In his State of the Union address Tuesday night, President Obama claimed his administration has secured "new tools" to "stop taxpayer funded bailouts."
TownhallJun 26 2015
News
Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Same-Sex Marriage
The Supreme Court on Friday ruled same-sex partners have a constitutional right to marry, sweeping away state bans on gay unions and extending marriage equality nationwide.
Wall Street Journal (News)Feb 22 2015
News
By The Numbers: White House Takes On Violent Extremism
The White House is holding its Summit on Countering Violent Extremism this week, focusing on strengthening communities to fight homegrown terrorism.
"We know from experience that the best way to protect people, especially young people, from falling into the grip of violent extremists is the support of their family, friends, teachers and faith leaders," President Obama wrote in an Lo
NPR (Online News)Apr 07 2021
News
U.K. Limits AstraZeneca Covid-19 Vaccine to Over-30s Amid Blood-Clot Concerns
The U.K.’s vaccines advisory body said Wednesday that AstraZeneca PLC’s Covid-19 shot should preferably not be given to patients under 30 following concerns that it might cause potentially deadly blood clots in very rare instances.
Britain’s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency said more work is needed to firm up the link between the vaccine and blood clots.
Wall Street Journal (News)Apr 27 2020
Analysis
CNN Abandons Tara Reade After One Story; Network Sunday Shows Skip This Biden Angle
After a long delay, CNN offered one single story on a Saturday afternoon on Tara Reade’s allegation of sexual assault against Joe Biden – soon after NewsBusters unearthed a video clip of a woman she says is her mother calling into CNN saying a “prominent senator” had wronged her daughter. The networks have screamed “bombshell” with much less evidence than this – see Brett Kavanaugh.
CNN
NewsBustersJun 25 2016
News
Germany fears Brexit could trigger domino effect, leading other nations to exit EU
As the European Union's founding nations rushed to an emergency meeting Saturday to consider their future, German Chancellor Angela Merkel's government reportedly fears the United Kingdom could be just the first of several nations to pull out of the alliance.
Fox News DigitalAug 19 2021
News
U.S. weekly jobless claims fall to 17-month low
The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits fell to a 17-month low last week, pointing to another month of robust job growth, though surging COVID-19 infections pose a risk to the labor market recovery.
The weekly unemployment claims report from the Labor Department on Thursday, the most timely data on the economy's health, also showed the number of people on
Reuters