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RealClearInvestigations' Picks of the WeekFebruary 19 to February 25, 2023In RealClearInvestigations, Vince Bielski reports that cutting gifted and talented programs and honors classes has set back public-schoolers nationwide – prompting educators’ warnings that accelerated new efforts in the name of “equity” will make matters even worse. He writes:Even some diversity backers say it’s a bad idea to throw together more and more students with widely differing abilities. U.S. law prohibits federal officials from working “personally and substantially” on any matters in which they, their spouses or their dependent children have a significant financial stake. … The rise in incidents involving Norfolk Southern's hazmat train cars comes amid massive cuts to the company's workforce and an increase in the average length of its trains by 20%. This article reports:The 15 trials compared outcomes of wearing of surgical masks versus wearing no masks, and also versus N95 masks.
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