GT Defensive Intervention at Baltimore Ravens Michael Pierce celebrates with a big play. During the first six years of his career, Baltimore Ravens Veteran defensive tackle Michael Pierce has gone from unpolished Samford gem to an elite filler. However, he only scored 3.5 sacks in four seasons with the team from 2016 to 2019 before signing with Minnesota Vikings in the following season. Now he has returned after signing the Three-year deal On March 22, 2022, Pearce intends to be on the field in more than just an early descent…
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Department of Education finds $323 million for school budgets amid falling enrollment rates
The Post has learned that the Department of Education has committed more than a quarter of a billion dollars to cover the massive school budget shortfall linked to the continuing decline in student enrollment. The Department of Education will give the city’s public schools a total of $323 million this year to help them cover basic costs — including teacher salaries, according to a memo issued last week. According to the agency, the massive spending “is allocating funding to schools in order to offset budget declines resulting from the 2021-2022…
Read MoreRamos Association member charters are a cure, not a virus
In a bizarre sermon that likens charter schools to COVID, Assemblyman Phil Ramos has exposed himself and like-minded Democratic lawmakers as ignorant. Charter schools have kind of taken on the characteristics of the coronavirus. We make a vaccine, and they switch to something else,” like delta and omicron variants, Ramos (D-Central Islip) charged. Oh, and since it was a forum sponsored by the NAACP, he made the claim that the charters impose a “discriminatory regime on our people.” He also called the Charter movement a group of “poverty pimps.” It…
Read MoreBeatrice Mintz, a leading cancer researcher, dies at the age of 100
Written by Catherine K. Seely Dr. Beatrice Mintz, a cancer researcher whose many groundbreaking discoveries have included the crucial discovery that some cancer cells can be tamed by coming into contact with nearby normal cells, without the use of harsh treatments such as chemotherapy and radiation, died Jan. 3 at her home in Elkins Park. , Pennsylvania, near Philadelphia. She was 100 years old. The cause was heart failure after a long battle with dementia, said Bob Spalon, MD and fellow at Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia, where Dr.…
Read MoreHow does a cougar cross the Washington Highway? Their future may depend on the answer
Howling hounds picked up the scent of a cougar and led researchers deep into the forest, where steep hills were covered in snow-covered cedars and ferns. Lilu, an 82-pound (37 kg) cougar, whose collar needed a new battery, was chased up a tree by the dogs. Drowning in the arrow of the tranquilizer, the staggering cat descended and went to sleep. The team managed to swap her collar, examined Lilo and then injected her with an anesthetic to wake her up. It was part of a day’s work for the…
Read MoreThe New York City Department of Education eliminates the zoned high school option
New York City families are assigned outside of their local high schools. The city’s Department of Education has quietly ditched high school zoning, which for decades guaranteed students a seat at a school close to their home. That leaves eighth-graders facing more uncertainty as they try to deal with an increasingly confusing admissions system, which is spoiling some families’ long-term plans. “When my son applied to attend high school, all he had to do was exclude Queens Metropolitan,” said Rena DeGina, whose Woodhaven address prioritized her children on the Forest…
Read MoreWhy so many women have left the workforce – and never come back
Pennsylvania Congressman Fred Keeler was asked during a hearing two weeks ago why “the positions held by women [were] Disproportionately affected by COVID-19, Inez Stepmann replied: “This is a question you should ask Randi Weingarten.” Stepman, senior policy analyst at the Independent Women’s Forum (where I also have an affiliation) was right. The main reason so many women have had to leave the workforce in the past 18 months – and why 300,000 left the workforce in September alone – has been school closures. And Weingarten, president of the country’s…
Read MoreAustin University Founded by Writers and Entrepreneurs
Frustrated at the way modern universities stifle free thought and academic diversity, a group of writers and entrepreneurs announced Monday the launch of their own institute of higher learning: the University of Austin. Joe Lonsdale, partner at 8VC and founder of Palantir, Addepar, Resilience Bio and other multi-billion dollar tech companies, is one of the founders. Here, in an exclusive to The Post, he outlines the school’s mission. In the twentieth century, American universities attracted exceptional thinkers in every field and produced an unprecedented wealth of knowledge. Our universities have…
Read MoreRachel Maddow’s Low Comments and Other Comments
From left: Mado’s new bottom Indictment “Igor Danchenko, known as the primary source for . . . “The now infamous Steele file” TK news thunder ‘died good, “It is immediately devastating to the reputation of the many famous news personalities who outstripped Steele’s story.” However, “MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow’s response was something beyond that.” Not content with flogging the file for years, Maddow “specifically exaggerated its credibility based on how it was compiled, and by whom.” We now know that the main claims, such as that Moscow has “always trained” Donald…
Read MoreProfessor Bernard allegedly drops an N bomb in class
eh what? A Barnard College professor defended his use of the N-word in class last month, claiming he thought it was okay because he pronounced it with an “a” at the end, rather than an “er”. Professor Jonathan Reader was quoting Eminem’s 2002 movie “8 Miles” when he used slander during a “Culture in America” lecture, causing an uproar on campus, according to a report. During an after-class discussion, the sociology professor criticized the annoying students as being in a “liberal bubble”, Bwog outlet reported on campus. In an email…
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