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What Causes Low Academic Performance of Urban Children? Teacher Expectations of Their Students or Residential Segregation? (Richard Rothstein)
“Richard Rothstein is a Distinguished Fellow of the Economic Policy Institute and a Senior Fellow (emeritus) at the Thurgood Marshall Institute of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund. He is the auth…
The Coronavirus Will Explode Achievement Gaps in Education
The achievement gap between low-income and other children is already equivalent to at least two years of schooling. Might the coronavirus shutdown expand that by another half year?
German State of Schlesiwg-Holstein Migrates To FOSS Groupware. Next Up: Linux OS - Slashdot
Long-time Slashdot reader Qbertino writes: German IT news outlet Heise reports [German-language article] that the northern most state Schleswig-Holstein has, after half a year of frantic data migration work, successfully migrated their MS Outlook mail and groupware setups to a FOSS solution using O...
More Screen Time Linked To Lower Test Scores For Elementary Students - Slashdot
It found that children who spent more time on screens before age eight scored lower on standardized tests. Child psychiatry researchers say handing kids digital devices, like iPads, every time they have a tantrum could lead to future issues. One new study links too much screen time to emotional and anger management problems. The study followed more than 3,000 kids in Ontario over a 15 year span from 2008 to 2023, tracking how much time they spent watching TV or DVDs, playing video games, using the computer or playing on handheld devices like iPads, as reported by their parents. That data was compared to their EQAO standardized test scores, which are used to assess the reading and math skills of kids across Ontario in grades 3 and 6. The findings point to a "significant association," between screen use and lower test scores, according to Dr. Catherine Birken, a pediatrician and senior scientist at Sick Kids and lead author of the study. "For each additional hour of screen use, there was approximately a 10 percent lower odds of meeting standards in both reading and mathematics ... in Grade 3 and mathematics in Grade 6," said Dr. Catherine Birken, a pediatrician and senior scientist at Sick Kids and lead author of the study, in an interview with CBC News.
"The simple step of the courageous individual is to not take part in the lie." - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
"The simple step of the courageous individual is to not take part in the lie." - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
The dissident who exposed the Soviet Gulag identifies the foundational act of moral courage. In a society saturated with falsehoods—whether in politics, work, or social circles—the easiest path is silent complicity. But the courageous, and ultimately simple, step is to refuse to repeat, endorse, or pretend to believe what you know is untrue. This non-participation is a quiet but powerful form of resistance that preserves your own soul and undermines the power of the lie.
Where are you being silently complicit with a "lie" because it feels easier than speaking your truth?
Courage #Truth #Solzhenitsyn #Integrity #Nonconformity #Resistance #Authenticity #fblifestyle
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Position Type: Technology/Network Specialist
Date Posted: 9/23/2025
Ingram ISD Technology Department Job Title: Network Administrator Exemption Status: Exempt/226 days Reports to: Technology Director Date Revised: 09/22/2025 Dept: Technology Primary Purpose: Administer and operate the district’s central administrative computer networks. Develop, maintain, and monitor all district local area networks (LAN), wireless local area networks (WLAN), and wide area networks (WAN). Responsible for installation, testing, and oversight of all network hardware, personal computers, software, and related equipment. Qualifications: Education/Certification: Bachelor’s degree in computer science or management information systems, or equivalent experience in network administration
Position Type: Technology/Network SpecialistDate Posted: 9/23/2025 Ingram ISD Technology Department Job Title: Network Administrator Exemption Status: Exempt/226 days Reports to: Technology Director Date Revised: 09/22/2025 Dept: Technology Primary Purpose: Administer and operate the district’s central administrative computer networks. Develop, maintain, and monitor all district local area networks (LAN), wireless local area networks (WLAN), and wide area networks (WAN). Responsible for installation, testing, and oversight of all network hardware, personal computers, software, and related equipment. Qualifications: Education/Certification: Bachelor’s degree in computer science or management information systems, or equivalent experience in network administration
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Discord Says 70,000 Users May Have Had Their Government IDs Leaked In Breach - Slashdot
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Verge: Discord has identified approximately 70,000 users that may have had their government ID photos exposed as part of a customer service data breach announced last week, spokesperson Nu Wexler tells The Verge. A tweet by vx-underground said that the co...
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Red Hat Investigating Breach Impacting as Many as 28,000 Customers, Including the Navy and Congress - Slashdot
A hacking group claims to have pulled data from a GitLab instance connected to Red Hat's consulting business, scooping up 570 GB of compressed data from 28,000 customers. From a report: The hack was first reported by BleepingComputer and has been confirmed by Red Hat itself. "Red Hat is aware of rep...
Apple ices ICE agent tracker app under government heat
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The Dawn of the Post-Literate Society - Slashdot
James Marriott, writing in a column: The world of print is orderly, logical and rational. In books, knowledge is classified, comprehended, connected and put in its place. Books make arguments, propose theses, develop ideas. "To engage with the written word," the media theorist Neil Postman wrote, "m...
Key Cybersecurity Intelligence-Sharing Law Expires as Government Shuts Down - Slashdot
The Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act expired on Wednesday when the federal government shut down. The law had provided legal protections since 2015 for organizations to share cyber threat intelligence with federal agencies. Without these protections, private sector companies that control most U....
Microsoft Is Abandoning Windows 10. Hackers Are Celebrating.
The company will stop supporting the OS on October 14. Advocacy groups warn this will leave up to 400 million computers vulnerable to hacks or in the dump.