Education
ABC30: Many argue poor education is 'root cause' of violent crime
In Chicago, violent crime up is 40% year-over-year. Labor Secretary Marty Walsh visited the city Monday, saying these headlines miss the point.
“They talk about crime but they don’t talk about the root causes of crime,” Walsh said. “The root cause of crime is poverty, lack of education, lack of opportunity, lack of choices, lack of theft, lack of help.”
Addressing the root cause of crime is on the to-do list for many of the nation's big city mayors but few appear to be making big progress. Walsh served as mayor of Boston for seven years.
11.15.22
In Chicago, violent crime up is 40% year-over-year. Labor Secretary Marty Walsh visited the city Monday, saying these headlines miss the point.
“They talk about crime but they don’t talk about the root causes of crime,” Walsh said. “The root cause of crime is poverty, lack of education, lack of opportunity, lack of choices, lack of theft, lack of help.”
Addressing the root cause of crime is on the to-do list for many of the nation's big city mayors but few appear to be making big progress. Walsh served as mayor of Boston for seven years.
11.15.22
October 21, 2022:
Texas schools are sending parents DNA kits to identify their kids’ bodies in emergencies. Texas is doing a lot of ridiculous stuff lately. If they would make efforts to protect school kids rather than put fear in the parents (and kids) and ask them for DNA in case they are killed is just pure insanity. UPDATE: Parents have been able to request “fingerprint and DNA identification kits” from Texas schools since before Uvalde as part of a program to help find missing kids.
San Antonio Express-News; Preyor-Johnson: DNA kits for students are no gift
Truth or Fiction? Why Texas Schools Send Parents DNA Kits for 'Emergencies'
WWL-TV: No, Texas schools aren’t distributing DNA kits to identify kids in school shootings
Reason Magazine: You Do Not Need To Store Your Kids' DNA in Case of Emergencies
Romper: Texas Schools Sent Families DNA Kits To Identify Students In Case Of Emergency
Austin American-Statesman: Texas school districts distribute DNA sample kits for children
Central Recorder: Schools Send Parents DNA Kits to ID Kids in an 'in Case of Emergency'
SheKnows: Texas Schools Are Providing DNA Kits to Identify Students & As the Mom of a Kindergartner, I’m Terrified
Education Week:
Texas Schools Are Sending DNA Kits Home to Parents. Why This Is a Communications Mess
Texas schools are sending parents DNA kits to identify their kids’ bodies in emergencies. Texas is doing a lot of ridiculous stuff lately. If they would make efforts to protect school kids rather than put fear in the parents (and kids) and ask them for DNA in case they are killed is just pure insanity. UPDATE: Parents have been able to request “fingerprint and DNA identification kits” from Texas schools since before Uvalde as part of a program to help find missing kids.
San Antonio Express-News; Preyor-Johnson: DNA kits for students are no gift
Truth or Fiction? Why Texas Schools Send Parents DNA Kits for 'Emergencies'
WWL-TV: No, Texas schools aren’t distributing DNA kits to identify kids in school shootings
Reason Magazine: You Do Not Need To Store Your Kids' DNA in Case of Emergencies
Romper: Texas Schools Sent Families DNA Kits To Identify Students In Case Of Emergency
Austin American-Statesman: Texas school districts distribute DNA sample kits for children
Central Recorder: Schools Send Parents DNA Kits to ID Kids in an 'in Case of Emergency'
SheKnows: Texas Schools Are Providing DNA Kits to Identify Students & As the Mom of a Kindergartner, I’m Terrified
Education Week:
Texas Schools Are Sending DNA Kits Home to Parents. Why This Is a Communications Mess
Dec 19, 2021: Salon: Theocrats are coming for the school board — but parents are starting to fight back
Right-wing Christians launch an assault on public school, starting in Colorado. Parents find a secret weapon: humor
Right-wing Christians launch an assault on public school, starting in Colorado. Parents find a secret weapon: humor
Dec 7, 2021: Daily Collegian: Satire: These hockey hecklers need a lesson in creativity
Team sports: A quintessential part of the American experience. Whether it’s football, soccer, baseball or anything in between, we can all come together to watch grown men and women fight over a ball, or in winter, a puck. With winter right around the corner, hockey season is in full swing. In true American fashion, students at the University of Massachusetts find comfort in bonding over poorly heckling players.
Team sports: A quintessential part of the American experience. Whether it’s football, soccer, baseball or anything in between, we can all come together to watch grown men and women fight over a ball, or in winter, a puck. With winter right around the corner, hockey season is in full swing. In true American fashion, students at the University of Massachusetts find comfort in bonding over poorly heckling players.
