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Thu, March 30, 2023 | 11:30

COVID policies, unprepared students raise doubts about graduation rate

Hold the candles on the celebration cake when it comes to Buffalo Public Schools' graduation rate. The numbers of students walking across the stage to pick up a diploma may have risen, but the jury is still out on whether those students received the high-quality education their parents, community and state expect.

2023-02-09 17:00

What's the state of the union? People are sick of politics and tired of division.

A weary public seems to be tired of political division and turned off by combative tactics that stoke anger and resentment.

2023-02-09 17:00

How does US-China relationship continue after the spy balloon saga?

If you thought the Chinese spy balloon saga would deflate as fast as the balloon did over the Atlantic Ocean, you're sadly mistaken. Days after a U.S. F-22 destroyed the device with a single air-to-air missile at 58,000 feet, the story continues to hover over the news cycle like a blimp over Mile High Stadium. The only difference is we can't use a fighter jet to bomb the conv...

2023-02-08 17:00

Netanyahu's radical cabinet ministers ignore history and pursue one undemocratic state

One of the advantages of growing older is that you accumulate something called “historic memory,” which basically means you've been around long enough to recall more than younger folks.

2023-02-07 16:40

Is ChatGPT actually exposing problems with college education?

ChatGPT is the latest artificial intelligence disrupter. It provides informed answers to questions, generating text with the capability of creating essays around topics. The tool employs machine learning to produce such text and mimic human conversation.

2023-02-07 16:30

Crimea - a peace prize or a head fake?

Negotiating a true peace in the middle of a horrendous war is sometimes a task for only the feint-hearted. This moment in Ukraine's war to repel Russia's invaders may be one of those times.

2023-02-06 16:30

When a 6-year-old is accused of shooting his teacher, it's time for a paradigm shift

Six-year-old children should be learning to read, identify new words by matching letters to sounds, count to 100, and do basic addition and subtraction. But now we have a 6-year-old who allegedly shot his teacher in Newport News, Virginia.

2023-02-05 16:30

Teens carry a threat to mental health in their pockets

Every generation has angst over what a particular cultural shift is doing to the minds of our youth. When I was a kid in the mid-'80s, it was Tipper Gore and the Parents' Music Resource Center coming after rock and rap for what they considered explicit and obscene lyrics, leading to the first "Parental Advisory" label going on a 2 Live Crew album.

2023-02-02 16:40

Evidence is mounting that COVID is bad for the brain

The possibility that a COVID infection could damage your brain is terrifying. Scientists have established that long COVID often manifests itself with neurological changes - brain fog, memory problems, fatigue. And some researchers have found changes in the brain after even mild cases of the virus. Every time I go on Twitter I see another horrible personal anecdote, often refl...

2023-02-02 16:20

Esports offers options

A new extra-curricular activity is offering students another option to further their careers.The News-Capital recently interviewed McAlester High School STEM teacher and esports coach Amy Shaw about how the young program offers students a fun activity with options for future career paths.

2023-02-01 16:34

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