The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) recently proposed an “electric school bus pilot project.” MPCA will invest up to $3 million from Minnesota’s share of the national Volkswagen settlement fund to provide a financial incentive for owners of diesel-powered school buses to replace them with new electric models.” MPCA believes that these electric buses will reduce greenhouse gas …
Illinois Representative Calls for Abolishment of History Classes
That’s right, you read the headline correctly. We didn’t make this headline up. Illinois state Representative La Shawn K. Ford, D-Chicago, recently joined “leaders in education, politics and other areas to ask that the Illinois State Board of Education change the history curriculum at schools statewide, and temporarily halt instruction until an alternative is decided upon.” His reason …
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A Better Way to Broadband
It’s apparent that many school aged children are going to be attending virtual classes for the near future. While parents juggle childcare and/or alternative in-person learning schedules, there is a critical need for families to be equipped with high-speed internet access. Lack of a strong and reliable broadband connection puts an additional strain on low-income families. Some local …