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Tag: Controversial

Contract for controversial SHSAT entrance exam into ‘elite’ NYC public schools granted with panel vote

A five-year, $17 million contract with the company that administers the city's controversial vocational high school entrance exam was finally approved Wednesday after a much-anticipated but much-delayed vote. The city Department of Education's Education Policy Committee voted at a meeting Wednesday night to renew the contract with Pearson, the education company that has administered state-mandated […]

NYC never went to bid for controversial algebra curriculum

Education vendors have asked City Comptroller Brad Lander to investigate whether the Department of Education's purchase of the controversial “Illustrated Mathematics” curriculum unfairly circumvented bidding rules. In a Nov. 26 letter obtained by the U.S. Department of Energy, Sean Mulcahy, senior vice president of New Jersey-based Savas Learning Company, wrote, “The DOE has announced that […]

Tulsi Gabbard and Pete Hegseth on Capitol Hill as Republican senators weigh controversial nominations – live | Trump administration

main events Show only major events Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Key Republican senators signal support for Hegseth to lead Pentagon pete hegsethformer FOX News host donald trump The nominee to head the Pentagon faces allegations of sexual assault, excessive drinking and financial mismanagement. Nevertheless, the fate of his nomination appears to […]

NYC’s controversial tent shelter housing illegal aliens slated to close

The massive tent city shelter at Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn is scheduled to close next year, and the city plans to relocate the undocumented immigrants currently living there by mid-January. Tuesday in the office of Democratic Mayor Eric Adams. announced He said he plans to close additional shelter space around the city, citing a […]

Olivia Wilde would rather her work be ‘controversial than boring’

Veteran actress and director Olivia Wilde says she doesn't look for your approval when choosing projects to work on. Attending the Red Sea International Film Festival in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Wilde, who has been in the film industry since the age of 20, said that while she is not looking for acceptance or love from […]

Olivia Wilde would rather be ‘controversial than boring’

Veteran actress and director Olivia Wilde says she doesn't look for your approval when choosing projects to work on. Attending the Red Sea International Film Festival in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Wilde, who has been in the film industry since the age of 20, said that while she is not looking for acceptance or love from […]