In the wake of dozens of Corrections Academy trainees seen in a photograph appearing to give a Nazi salute, which led to dozens of firings and widespread outrage, West Virginia plans to begin training its corrections department staff about the Holocaust, officials said Tuesday. A spokesman for the West Virginia Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety told […]
Archives for December 2019
The Most Memorable Family and Education Interviews of the Year – The Atlantic
Read: Why Your Kid Loves the Garbage Truck So Much YURIY GOLUB / SHUTTERSTOCK “Peanut butter was a logical choice: It’s easy to make. It’s fast. It tastes good. And if you happen to be eating at your desk, maybe doing some browsing on the internet—or, before the internet days, reading a newspaper—it was something […]
Top tech IPOs of 2019: Zoom, Medallia, CrowdStrike – Quartz
2019 was the year of the blockbuster tech IPO. It didn’t go as planned. The year opened with breathless anticipation over the expected IPOs of startup superstars Uber, Lyft, Pinterest, Slack, and WeWork. But none of those companies ended out being standouts on the public markets. WeWork never even made it to the IPO. Instead, […]
Apple is ‘overpriced’ by at least $100 a share, tech investor Paul Meeks warns – CNBC
The year’s top Dow performer may come under pressure in 2020. Tech investor Paul Meeks is worried Apple’s 2019 record run is putting investors in a dangerous position. By his calculations, the iPhone maker is worth much less than $290 a share. “I value the company at about $170 a share, believe it or not,” […]
How Did Carlos Ghosn Escape? Internet Sleuths Have Some Ideas – msnNOW
How did Carlos Ghosn do it? Load Error The former head of Nissan Motor and Renault, who was awaiting the first of two trials in Tokyo, somehow evaded almost round-the-clock manned and video surveillance and heavy restrictions on his freedom of movement to flee to Lebanon. From there, Ghosn (pictured) released an email Tuesday decrying […]
Education, marijuana and money: 2019’s top political stories – WRTV Indianapolis
INDIANAPOLIS — The year’s top political stories came from the Indianapolis City-County Building, the Indiana Statehouse and the U.S. Capitol. But the No. 1 topic Hoosiers cared about on TheIndyChannel.com? Education. Here is a recap of the year’s top political stories. Click on each headline to read more on that story. Indiana teachers hit with […]
New early education center planned in Hyannis – Barnstable Patriot
This one looks like a win for the kids. YMCA Cape Cod has received a $1 million Early Education and Out of School Time capital improvement grant from the State of Massachusetts, and will open a new early education center in Hyannis this fall. The monies will be earmarked for the renovation of an existing […]
High-ranking NY schools official arrested after internet child sex sting in Neenah – WBAY
NEENAH, Wis. (WBAY) – A New York man has been arrested in connection to an undercover internet child sex sting in Winnebago County. Neenah Police say they arrested David Arnold Hay of Brooklyn, NY, at General Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee Monday. The 39-year-old was booked into the Winnebago County Jail on a charge of […]
Wealth Inequality And Higher Education: How Billionaires Could Make A Difference – Forbes
Social media surveillance drives 2019 drop in global internet freedom – New Atlas
An annual report tracking internet freedom across the world has found global declines for the ninth consecutive year. Underpinned by domestic election interference and social media surveillance, the report identified internet freedom deterioration in more than half of the 65 countries assessed. Titled Freedom on the Net, this annual report is published by Freedom House, […]