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Among the 210 ranked schools in Maryland in the 2024 Best High Schools list released Tuesday morning, 16 are in the top 5 percent nationally, U.S. News said. The top schools have students who score exceptionally high on math, reading and science assessments, as well as strong performance among under-served students. Massachusetts once again leads in the ranking, followed by Connecticut, New Jersey, Maryland and Florida, respectively.
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2 years ago Read more at Patch

The World Photography Organisation has announced the overall winners of the Sony World Photography Awards 2024. French photographer Juliette Pavy claimed the coveted award for Photographer of the Year for her series Spiralkampagnen: Forced Contraception and Unintended Sterilisation of Greenlandic Women. Pavy was selected from the 10 winners in the professional category; she receives a $25,000 prize, Sony equipment, and the opportunity to present a new body of work. Over 395,000 images from more than 220 countries
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2 years ago Read more at Euronews

This year, TIME launched its inaugural list of the World's Top EdTech Companies of 2024. The results of this quantitative study are a comprehensive analysis conducted to identify the top performing EdTech companies in the United States. Companies are awarded in one top-list as well as in eleven categories. Statista gathered and scrutinized data from over 7,000 companies through desk research, online application forms and collaborations.
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2 years ago Read more at TIME

Athlete Ally sent letters to NCAA president Charlie Baker and the Board of Governors. Current rules allow transgender athletes to compete, so long as they adhere to the guidelines stipulated by their international sport governing bodies. In the past week, the NAIA has passed legislation around transferring and name, image and likeness rules.
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2 years ago Read more at The Washington Post

I love the modern game of baseball and my complaints are usually on minor matters. This thing I speak of is the long-standing, mainstay, workhorse, main character of a starting pitcher. In this space today, I'll be writing plenty about that in the coming weeks. It might be more a longing feeling of nostalgia than anger or bitterness.
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2 years ago Read more at CBS Sports

Pitbull and T-Pain will perform at Hersheypark Stadium this summer. The concert will be at 8 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 24. Tickets go on sale to the general public at 10 a.m.
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2 years ago Read more at LNP | LancasterOnline

The 15th annual Carteret County Business After Hours Expo is approaching. The event is open to the public and tickets are $5 to enter. Take part in a night of networking with 65 businesses and hundreds of consumers while also enjoying hors d’oeuvres, beer and wine.
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2 years ago Read more at WITN

Tommy Tomlinson's latest book, Dogland: Passion, Glory, and Lots of Slobber at the Westminster Dog Show, covers many different sides of the world of dog shows. MB: How does your book relate to your background and general areas of interest? TT: I think there’s something meaningful in it even if you don’t love dogs.
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2 years ago Read more at Psychology Today

The Biden administration has been cautious about using the law to penalize hospitals that fail to provide abortions in emergency situations or if the White House is wrongly applying a nearly 40-year-old emergency-care law to justify access to abortions. In a separate case in Texas, the conservative U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit ruled against the Biden Administration, saying Texas hospitals and doctors are not obligated to perform abortions under EMTALA. The Supreme Court on Wednesday is scheduled to
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2 years ago Read more at The Washington Post

BRIAN KENNY: I think that’s a lot of cynics that Amazon hasn’t been able to solve this problem. DEBORA SPAR: So, I think it’s an interesting way to start thinking about this issue. I think you can give us a little bit more of a sense of humility, Paul says. And I think they’re going to be a part of the government to help solve it.
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2 years ago Read more at HBR.org Daily