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Washington Post Karla L Miller June 25th 2023 In response to a recent query about unwritten workplace rules, here are some of the best tips I received from new workers and the people who train them. “Dress conservatively until you…..
Washington Post June 14th A4 Deneen Brown JACKSON, Miss. — The violent threats against civil rights leader Medgar Evers from white supremacists in Mississippi were escalating in 1963. The phone at the family’s home in Jackson rang off the hook…..
In her May 25 Thursday Opinion essay, Josie Glausiusz explained how poems offered her an anchor as she lost her 12-year-old son to brain cancer. “With just a word or a phrase, a poem can reach the hidden places that prayers…..
By Dan Morse, Peter Hermann and Salvador Rizzo Updated May 19, 2023 at 12:41 p.m. EDT|Published May 18, 2023 at 8:45 p.m. EDT An 18-year-old was fatally shot on a rush-hour Metro platform in Montgomery County on Thursday evening as residents and leaders in the area wrestle…..
By Tom Kane and Sean Reardon Dr. Kane is a professor of education and economics at Harvard. Dr. Reardon is a professor of education and sociology at Stanford. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Parents have become a lot more optimistic about how well their children…..
By David Brooks Opinion Columnist NYT May 7th 2023 In the early 1960s typical Americans were eager to get on with adult life. As soon as they could, they married, launched careers and started popping out kids. In those days, half of…..
By Michael Massing Mr. Massing is the author of “Fatal Discord: Erasmus, Luther, and the Fight for the Western Mind.” https://vp.nyt.com/video/2023/04/26/108032_1_27Massing_wg_1080p.mp4 Ramped up, amped up, ratchet up, gin up, up the ante, double down, jump-start, be behind the curve, swim against…..
By Nicole Asbury Montgomery County Public Schools’ new social studies framework will expose fourth- and fifth-graders to more American history — particularly Black history — at a younger age. The new curriculum will incorporate anti-bias and anti-racist content and local history…..
By Nicole Asbury The number of incidents of hate have increased exponentially in Montgomery County Public Schools, leading Superintendent Monifa B. McKnight to roll out several initiatives, from more teacher training to a community advisory group, to combat the problems.r McKnight…..
By Amanda Ripley Contributing columnist At a cocktail party in a crowded Washington living room some years ago, I met a magazine editor who was working on a high-profile new book. It would transport the reader into the future, he told me,…..