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Why the Feds Should Stop Pushing Racial Quotas in Special Education 0
- Education
- October 5, 2017
No child should be barred based on her race from a public education program needed to address her learning disabilities or educational deficits. But the Obama administration ignored this basic principle in its December 2016 regulation interpreting the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. That regulation penalizes educational entities that don’t achieve racial quotas in special
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Sexual Harassment and Absolution of Sin in 21st-Century America 0
- Culture
- October 5, 2017
The New York Times published a damning report that contained decades of sexual harassment claims against Harvey Weinstein, one of the most powerful and celebrated film producers in Hollywood. The details in the report are, frankly, nauseating and pathetic. According to the Times, Weinstein routinely invited female employees to his hotel room, where he would
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Surgeon: More People Requesting Sex Change Reversals (But No One’s Talking About It)0
- Science
- October 5, 2017
Professor Miroslav Djordjevic, “the world-leading genital reconstructive surgeon,” has helped many people “transition” from living as a member of one sex to living as a member of the other. But now he finds that he’s getting more and more requests to reverse the procedure. It’s called “detransitioning,” and is a growing and controversial phenomenon. So
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How Music and Shakespeare Turned Around a Failing School 0
- Culture
- October 4, 2017
We all want the best for our kids. Because of this desire, it’s quite discouraging to see when efforts to boost progress in reading, math, and other subjects flatline in schools across the country, as the chart below shows. On the other hand, this perpetual stagnation causes us to sit up and notice when a
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Statistician Rethinks Gun Control After Digging into the Data 0
- Politics
- October 4, 2017
Statistician Leah Libresco said she used to be for gun control. Then she looked at the data. Writing at the Washington Post, the former newswriter for the data journalism site FiveThirtyEight explained her epiphany. “Before I started researching gun deaths, gun-control policy used to frustrate me. I wished the National Rifle Association would stop blocking
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8 Climate Change Questions Scientists Should Be Asking 0
- Science
- October 4, 2017
Dr. Arturo Casadevall and Dr. Ferric C. Fang correctly distilled down the scientific method into a five word query: “but what if I’m wrong?” One would hope that as these two microbiologists step out of the comfort zone of their field into the politically charged and messaging-driven world of environmental science and policy they ask
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