Karen Matthews, Associated Press Updated 7:55 am CDT, Sunday, July 22, 2018 window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: 'thumbnails-c', container: 'taboola-interstitial-gallery-thumbnails-5', placement: 'Interstitial Gallery Thumbnails 5', target_type: 'mix' }); _taboola.push({flush: true}); window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: 'thumbnails-c', container: 'taboola-interstitial-gallery-thumbnails-7', placement: 'Interstitial Gallery Thumbnails 7', target_type: 'mix' }); _taboola.push({flush: true}); Photo: Mark Lennihan, AP Image 1of/7 CaptionClose Image 1 of 7 In this July 18, 2018 photo, Pesach Eisen poses in front of a yeshiva he attended as a child in the Borough Park neighborhood in Brooklyn, N.Y. Eisen, now 32, left his orthodox community in his late teens. Complaints that schools like Eisen's run by New York's strictly observant … [Read more...] about Questioning real-world learning at ultra-Orthodox schools
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Cities around the world seek to emulate NYC’s elevated park
Mary Esch, Associated Press Updated 9:52 am, Monday, May 28, 2018 window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: 'thumbnails-c', container: 'taboola-interstitial-gallery-thumbnails-5', placement: 'Interstitial Gallery Thumbnails 5', target_type: 'mix' }); _taboola.push({flush: true}); window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: 'thumbnails-c', container: 'taboola-interstitial-gallery-thumbnails-8', placement: 'Interstitial Gallery Thumbnails 8', target_type: 'mix' }); _taboola.push({flush: true}); Photo: Mary Altaffer, AP Image 1of/8 CaptionClose Image 1 of 8 FILE - In this Sept. 8, 2017 file photo, the High Line elevated park is seen running under the Standard Hotel in New York's Meatpacking District. The success of New York City's elevated park, the High Line, has inspired a slew of projects across the United States and internationally that … [Read more...] about Cities around the world seek to emulate NYC’s elevated park
Oregon district accused of using Bible reading as punishment
Updated 9:32 am, Thursday, May 10, 2018 window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: 'thumbnails-c', container: 'taboola-interstitial-gallery-thumbnails-5', placement: 'Interstitial Gallery Thumbnails 5', target_type: 'mix' }); _taboola.push({flush: true}); window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: 'thumbnails-c', container: 'taboola-interstitial-gallery-thumbnails-10', placement: 'Interstitial Gallery Thumbnails 10', target_type: 'mix' }); _taboola.push({flush: true}); window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: 'thumbnails-c', container: 'taboola-interstitial-gallery-thumbnails-15', placement: 'Interstitial Gallery Thumbnails 15', target_type: 'mix' }); _taboola.push({flush: true}); window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: 'thumbnails-c', container: 'taboola-interstitial-gallery-thumbnails-20', placement: 'Interstitial Gallery Thumbnails 20', target_type: 'mix' }); … [Read more...] about Oregon district accused of using Bible reading as punishment
Bill targets school riflery teams, citing ‘gun culture’
Mary Esch, Associated Press Updated 10:22 am, Thursday, May 10, 2018 window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: 'thumbnails-c', container: 'taboola-interstitial-gallery-thumbnails-4', placement: 'Interstitial Gallery Thumbnails 4', target_type: 'mix' }); _taboola.push({flush: true}); Photo: AP Image 1of/4 CaptionClose Image 1 of 4 In this March 4, 2017, photo provided by the New York State Public High School Athletic Association, students compete in the association's air rifle championships at the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, N.Y. A New York lawmaker is taking aim at riflery and archery programs in schools, contending they promote a “gun culture.” Manhattan Democrat Assemblywoman Linda Rosenthal says she introduced her bill to ban such programs in the state after it was revealed that the Parkland, Fla., school shooting suspect had honed his … [Read more...] about Bill targets school riflery teams, citing ‘gun culture’
Pressure mounts on de Blasio as more city officials support half-priced MetroCards for poor New Yorkers
The quest for city-funded half-price MetroCards, known as Fair Fares, isn’t quite shaping up to be a fair fight. Mayor de Blasio — who has resisted including the measure in his budget — was massively outnumbered by an army of city elected officials, district attorneys and labor leaders who called on him to pony up $212 million for it in his executive budget. The show-of-force rally came a day after Council Speaker Corey Johnson included the program, which could help 800,000 New Yorkers at or below the poverty line, in the Council’s response to the mayor’s budget proposal. “This City Council stands united and we call upon the mayor to engage with us in good faith negotiations going forward, to see this as a meaningful, transformative, legacy-making item for this administration and for this council, and we’re going to stand strong through our negotiations,” Johnson said. Council pushing for half-price MetroCards for … [Read more...] about Pressure mounts on de Blasio as more city officials support half-priced MetroCards for poor New Yorkers