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Gov. Kathy Hochul reiterated her desire for greater control over New York’s Education Department on Monday, citing her concerns over planned changes to high school graduation requirements. subscriber.politicopro.com/a…
Election years swaddle. She hasn't offered outlines of possible legislation. Plus, she knows @NYSA_Majority wouldn't go along with a diminution of a constitutional prerogative. 💯🍿✊🏽
Gov. Kathy Hochul reiterated her desire for greater control over New York’s Education Department on Monday, citing her concerns over planned changes to high school graduation requirements. subscriber.politicopro.com/a…
Michael Benjamin retweeted
"during the last school year, a council of educators at both Palo Alto high schools rejected the [advanced math] course, arguing it would serve few students and set back equity and students’ well-being"
Right, math is harmful. Come on! What are we doing?
“If teaching math can harm students, then we have a lot bigger issues to talk about than whether to offer this course,” Nguyen told the Chronicle.
Indeed.
Brian Conrad, a Stanford mathematician, told the Chronicle that he felt math was treated as a “punching bag” for equity and mental health concerns.
“The school doesn’t cut sports teams simply because some kids are far more talented at sports,” he said.
“Why is it that the teaching of math generates much more controversy than other subjects?”
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I'm reminded that the @nyknicks played that ugly, slow, milk-the-shot-clock offense at the start of this century. #WNBAFinals #DreamVsValkyries 🏀💯
This 1st half of Game 5 @WNBA Finals looks like a setback for women’s pro basketball. Both teams @valkyries @AtlantaDream are playing like rec league teams right now. Are gamblers holding their family members hostage? #WNBA
It's 25-22 at THE HALF! No one is playing outstanding defense. Yet the shills will insist "Everyone is watching women’s sports." Game 6 is why haters criticize the W. Btw, I rooting for the @Valkyries.
Why do @WNBA league officials insist on it being a ghetto poverty league? Why @CathyEngelbert?
Ramona Shelburne on what could happen if the WNBA title is won on Thursday:
"That celebration may not actually be on that court. I've heard there are discussions about whether there's enough time to turn the arena over in time for the fans to celebrate on the court. It could be moved to a practice court"
Unreal man smh
Hysterical if the midday Game 6 still draws only 4,000 attendees. Do @USANetwork @WNBAonNBC get a broadcast rights (prorated) refund?
After a weekend of nonstop frantic discussions and negotiation, Game 6 of the WNBA Finals will be played Thursday at 12:30 pm at 17,000-seat State Farm Arena in Atlanta, sources told ESPN.
The Atlanta Hawks-Cleveland Cavaliers game that night will move back to 8 pm to accommodate the doubleheader, just as the Hawks did for Game 4. This allows a potential Game 7 to remain scheduled for Halloween at Chase Center in San Francisco.
All three Finals games in Atlanta have required hurried adjustments to the schedule at State Farm Arena. It took collective efforts from the WNBA, NBA, the Hawks, State Farm Arena, Dream, Valkyries and broadcast partners to figure out the best course of action again.
By moving the game earlier in the day, the WNBA avoided a scenario where a potential championship game was played inside the Dream’s home arena, the 3,500 seat Gateway Center.
The other option under strong consideration was moving Game 6 to an open date at State Farm Arena on Friday and Game 7 to an open date at Chase Center on Tuesday, November 3.
Hahaha. The solution is moving Game 6 to 12:30 pm.
Nobody knows where or even when WNBA Finals Game 6 will be played despite a furious round of negotiations spilling into Sunday between the WNBA, NBA, Valkyries, Dream and Atlanta Hawks, sources told @alexaphilippou and @ramonashelburne: spr.ly/6015BH5Zyb
Is it time for the NBA to start looking at the WNBA’s coaches? | The Athletic
What a nuts take! Does she not watch the W? I like Nakase but she's only been a COY.
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Boo! Investigate the IOC for bribe-taking.
Moscow will host the 2030 World Weightlifting Championships, marking the first time an Olympic federation has staged a global event in Russia since the country’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
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Michael Benjamin retweeted
‘Nobody Wants This’ star Tovah Feldshuh has thoughts on her fellow celebrities calling the war in Gaza a genocide trib.al/BVfh4lL
Michael Benjamin retweeted
Want to make sure you lose millions? Think your smarter then everyone else? Believe profit is a sin and housing is a human right?
Then you should buy this rent stabilized property. Gut renovate it and rent it out at the current rents.
It's friday afternoon and I'm in a sanctified Sam Cooke mood.
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Hallelujah! 🙏❤️🫡🍿👏🏽
Kelly Krauskopf will step down as team president, closing an extraordinary chapter in a career of nearly three decades with PS&E in which she built the Fever from its founding, delivered the franchise’s first WNBA championship, and helped open doors for women across professional basketball.
Learn more: buff.ly/KPsEPlk
It's the kind of thing common during the French Revolution save for the guillotine.
Here’s @NYCMayor’s statement on COPA passing yesterday:
“COPA puts the power in the hands of tenants and community organizations”
