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How to effect real change in failing high schools

Remedying the gross disparities in academic performance among PennsylvaniaĢƵ 634 public high schools is not a matter of throwing more money at the problem but one of returning foundational precepts to the educational process, concludes a new analysis by the Allegheny Institute for Public ...

OP-ED: A view of the two parties from the suburbs

There are moderates in the suburbs — Democrats, Republicans and Independents — who want Washington, D.C., spending kept in check. They tend to be liberal on social issues but pained over the extremes of the woke. They have respect for various sexual identities but little interest in ...

OP-ED: Biden and Trump want a rematch, even if Americans do not

America may not want a Trump-Biden rematch, but Donald Trump and Joe Biden sure do.A CNN poll late last year showed that 6 in 10 Republicans and Republican-leaning independents want a different GOP nominee in 2024, and a roughly similar proportion of Democrats hope for a nominee other than ...

What’s in a rhyme

Something happened last week that gave me a great deal of anxiety.Just before going to sleep, the words, “Step on a crack and break your motherĢƵ back,” popped into my head.That set off a flurry of thoughts about the origin of that phrase, and its lack of a meaningful interpretation.To be ...