The ‘No Kings’ rallies were a start. Now what?
In my younger days, I enjoyed sports talk radio. A favorite of mine was ESPN’s Mike and Mike. I remember during the height of the Colin Kaepernick protest, Mike Golic…
New report questions quality of education for NYC kids facing juvenile detention
For the first time, newly available data confirmed Monday what many have long suspected: New York City is failing to intervene before students become involved with the court system, and…
Zohran Mamdani and funding for the arts
The race for mayor of New York City is over — and what a race it was. It got ugly, yes, with name-calling and other staples of our current political…
Amy Gutmann, once Penn president, is teaching again. Here’s what it’s like to be her student.
The undergraduate class at the University of Pennsylvania vigorously discussed the use of affirmative action in college admissions, half the room charged with arguing one side and half the other.…
NJ school employee arrested in drug ring bust while driving district truck
A New Jersey school district employee was arrested in connection with a Morris County drug ring bust after arriving at a Cedar Knolls residence driving a Madison Board of Education…
NYC & L.A. schools get it right on math
The math crisis narrative is now familiar: On the Nation’s Report Card in 2024, only two in five fourth graders were proficient in grade-level math. By eighth grade, proficiency drops…
Advocates urge NYC schools request pause on class-size caps before Mamdani takes office
Education advocates made a last-ditch effort Thursday to persuade New York City officials to request a delay of the state’s class-size law before Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani takes office. The 2022…
NJ man believed to be first person to die from meat allergy caused by tick bite
A man from New Jersey is believed to be the first person to die from a meat allergy triggered by a tick bite, medical researchers confirmed this week. After months…
NYC Council backs Mamdan push for increased childcare funding from Albany
The City Council on Thursday endorsed Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s call for the state to pony up more money for childcare programs in the Big Apple — and laid out a…
Pa. scientific researchers urge Congress to increase funding to the NIH as the shutdown ends
The record-breaking federal government shutdown marked yet another impediment to scientific research efforts at the Wistar Institute this year. After a year in which federal research funding was thrown into…