This article was originally published in South Dakota Searchlight. Survey results indicate nearly two-thirds of South Dakota public school educators are teaching the Oceti Sakowin Essential Understandings, but the number of respondents is lower than the last survey. The essential understandings are a set of standards approved in 2018 for teaching students about Native American […]
This article was originally published in Maryland Matters. Maryland’s teacher workforce still remains majority white, according to data recently released by the state Department of Education, but advocates are hopeful that new laws could help turn that around. According to figures slated to be discussed by the state Board of Education on Tuesday, about 68% […]
Broad majorities of voters aren’t happy with Trump’s apparent offer of a quid-pro-quo to oil companies, a new poll from an advocacy group has found. Almost six in 10 likely voters surveyed — 58 percent — said they were “concerned” about a second Trump term after hearing about the former president’s reported offer to undo […]
More than two-thirds of children under the age of 6 in Chicago may be exposed to lead-contaminated water, a new study finds. The study published on Monday in the journal JAMA Pediatrics analyzed lead exposure based on 38,385 household lead tests collected by the Chicago Department of Water Management between January 2016 and September 2023. […]
South Carolina’s Republican primary is on Saturday, February 24. Nikki Haley, one of two remaining major GOP candidates, grew up there and governed the state. Nevertheless, 63% of local GOP voters said they’d prefer Trump over the South Carolinian candidate. Nearly two-thirds of likely Republican primary voters in South Carolina said in a recent poll […]
Two-thirds of U.S. teachers have limited discussions of political and social issues in their classrooms, even in places where there is no law or policy prohibiting instruction on race, gender identity, sexual orientation or other hot-button topics, according to a new survey conducted by the RAND Corp. That means twice as many teachers as are […]
About 64.8% homes in Pueblo County tested for radon between 2005 and 2022 had a concentration above the recommend level, according to the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. Radon is a colorless, odorless and naturally occurring gas. Annually, radon causes an estimated 21,000 lung cancer deaths in the U.S. It’s the country’s second […]
Zimbabwe’s governing Zanu-PF party has won all six of Saturday’s parliamentary by-elections meaning it now holds a two-thirds majority in parliament. The victories give President Emmerson Mnangagwa the power to change key provisions in the constitution. The opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) allege this will allow him to tighten his grip on power. The […]
Nearly two in three New Hampshire voters believe Donald Trump should not receive immunity from criminal prosecution for actions while he was president, according to a Marist College poll. The poll released Friday comes four days ahead of the state’s first-in-the-nation primary, where the former president is maintaining his lead among GOP presidential candidates such […]
Nearly two-thirds of millennials say spending $7 on their daily cup of coffee brings them ‘joy’ — but Suze Orman has compared it to ‘peeing $1M down the drain.’ Who’s right? There’s something truly priceless about starting your day at your local cafe and snagging a steaming cup of coffee before you start work — […]