Nonprofit To Hand Out DC Taxpayer Cash To Families In Fight To Stop Kids Ditching School
A Washington, D.C., nonprofit is launching a program to shell out thousands of dollars of taxpayer money in part so parents will send their kids to school, according to WTOP News. The pilot program managed by Mother’s Outreach Network will distribute $2,400 each to 15 selected families with kids at the Social Justice School in […]
BlackRock pulls video ad that briefly shows attempted Trump assassin in high school
Asset management firm BlackRock acknowledged Sunday that a man who plotted to assassinate former President Donald Trump at a Pennsylvania rally had briefly appeared in one of the company’s video ads. company Said The company retracted the ad but provided it to law enforcement for investigation. Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, appears in the ad sitting […]
REPORT: School In Nigeria Collapses, Killing 16 Children As They Were Taking Exams
Saint Academy school in central Nigeria collapsed suddenly Friday as students were taking exams, trapping many in the rubble and killing at least 16 people, Agence France-Presse (AFP) reported. An AFP reporter saw five dead bodies in one hospital morgue and eleven others in another, the outlet reported. All the deceased were wearing school uniforms, […]
Trump shooter Thomas Matthew Crooks was ‘quiet as a churchmouse’ in high school
Thomas Matthew Crooks, the man who plotted to assassinate Donald Trump, never showed any political leanings during his high school years and was “quiet as a church mouse,” a school counselor said. Crooks was a “well-behaved kid, he stayed out of trouble, he wasn’t the type of kid to get into trouble” during his time […]
Minnesota trooper charged in ‘full throttle’ crash that killed high school cheerleader 2 weeks before graduation
A Minnesota state trooper has been criminally charged for causing a three-vehicle crash that killed a high school cheerleader and injured five others just two weeks before graduation. At approximately 5:45 p.m. on May 18, Officer Shane Roper of the Minnesota State Police was involved in a traffic accident. The 32-year-old officer was reportedly T-shaped […]
NYC private school Ecole moving to new Flatiron Disctrict home
The private French-American school is moving and growing: It has signed a long-term lease for 46,000 square feet in Williams Equities’ 250,000-square-foot commercial building built in 1913 at 120 E. 23rd St. Rents in the building are in the high $60s per square foot. Timothy Schenck Ecole will occupy the entire second and third floors […]
Would-be Trump assassin tried to join high school shooting club, was rejected for being ‘comically bad’ shot
The Pennsylvania man who tried to assassinate President Donald Trump during a rally on Saturday joined his high school rifle team but was rejected for his “terrible” shooting skills and telling “vulgar” jokes. Crooks, 20, opened fire with an AR-style rifle at the Butler Farm Show, killing one Trump hero and wounding two others, but […]
Brooklyn school near Gowanus Canal flagged for toxic air
A special needs elementary school near Brooklyn’s toxic Gowanus Canal has become the latest nearby facility to receive an air pollution warning, according to information obtained by The Post. Records show that air and soil samples from two buildings occupied by PS 372 on Carroll Street found traces of carcinogenic vapors and other hazardous substances, […]
School Choice Saves Arizona Money
Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutes Democrats claim a new program will bankrupt the state. The opposite is true. Is school choice bankrupting Arizona? That’s what Gov. Katie Hobbs and Democratic legislative leaders would have you believe, but simple math says otherwise. Arizona’s choice program, Empowerment Scholarship Accounts (ESAs), “in its current form is not sustainable,” Ms. […]
Twenty-two students dead after school in Nigeria collapses during classes | Nigeria
A school in north-central Nigeria collapsed during classes on Friday morning, initially trapping about 154 students and setting off a frantic search for others trapped in the rubble. Officials said 22 people were killed. The two-storey Saints Academy College in Busa-Buji area of Plateau State collapsed shortly after many students aged under 15 arrived for […]