In 1978, at 22 years old and in his first year of teaching, earth science teacher Pat Moriarty gave his 9th grade students a list of solar eclipses and told them to circle the one in 2024 expected to pass over their hometown near Rochester. He promised they’d watch it together. Monday, up to 100 of his former students are expected to reunite on his lawn and complete their 46-year-old homework assignment. NBC News’ Hallie Jackson reports on the excitement and emotion building around this...
The real story of “Inside the debate over Western boots on the ground in Ukraine” (Web, April 8) is the rushing of French President Emmanuel Macron to fill the vacuum in Western leadership left by the weakness of Joe Biden.
Pennsylvania can achieve adequate and equitable school funding, and it’s time for the legislature to take action to produce a sustainable plan to do just that.
Let’s not blame America’s failed education system on illegals: The Department of Education is perfectly capable of failing on its own (“New estimate says U.S. now has 13.7 million illegal immigrants, up 37% under Biden,” web, March 28).
To the editor: The cease-and-desist order by the city of Compton against residents Daisy and Alex De La Rosa that dictates that they stop filling potholes on city streets, may seem mean-spirited and counterproductive, but it is not. Potholes are formed by water that seeps into cracks in the roadway surface when it rains. Water is virtually incompressible, and when it gets trapped in a layer between the road surface and the roadbed, the pressure of cars driving on the roadway creates a hydraulic...
To the editor: In his April 9 column, "The latest sign that Republicans are abandoning even their most deeply held principles," Jonah Goldberg could have mentioned that, since 1981, the GOP had exhibited exactly one deeply held principle — further enrichment of the already rich. For all the talk about small government, fiscal responsibility, staying out of the private lives of citizens, respect for law and order and more, these were all simply fungible talking points quickly jettisoned with no...
Leeds were frustrated by their visitors’ defensive solidity, as the Black Cats became the second side in three days to make it a four-point 2023/24 haul against the Whites, after Coventry’s win over Farke’s men on Saturday. The draw denied Leeds the chance to go top of the table, with leaders Leicester City losing 1-0 to Millwall. There were chances for the hosts at Elland Road, Patrick Bamford going past the keeper in the first half only to over-hit his cross and Georginio Rutter shooting wide...
A National Public Radio editor who wrote an essay criticizing his employer for promoting liberal views resigned on Wednesday, attacking NPR’s new CEO on the way out. Uri Berliner, a senior editor on NPR’s business desk, posted his resignation letter on X, formerly Twitter, a day after it was revealed that he had been suspended […]
Could this be the turning point everyone's been waiting for?
Six-time champion Marcel Hug of Switzerland led the wheelchair field on its way to begin the 128th edition of the Boston Marathon on Monday as this otherwise sleepy New England town celebrated its 100th anniversary as the starting line.
For 19 years, I was a master of time. Down to the minute, I controlled time for others and used it to meet my and others’ ends, irrespective of the desires of those in front of me. In short, I was a public-school teacher, and controlling time was my talent. Although I and other adults
The Pennsylvania Department of Education announced the names of 12 educators nominated to be the 2025 Pennsylvania Teacher of the Year on Thursday.