School schedules with afternoon dismissals and long summer breaks contribute to an achievement gap between low-income and wealthier students and waste billions of dollars a year, according to a report from ReadyNation, which advocates education poli… http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/06/ready-nation-school-schedule_n_6424284.html
If you take nothing else away, I’ve boiled it down to this: Tune out all the judgment, trust yourself, try not to worry so much, laugh, give yourself a break, be flexible and don’t Google anything!… http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kerstin-picht/a-new-moms-open-letter-to-her-pregnant-best-friend_b_6417326.html
The tail of the AirAsia aircraft with the black box and flight recorders has been located underwater in the Java Sea, said the QZ8501 flight search and rescue chief in Indonesia on Wednesday, according to Reuters. http://rt.com/news/220419-airasia-tail-found-indonesia/
About 30 people were killed and more than 50 injured in an explosion outside a police college in Yemen’s capital Sanaa, police say. http://rt.com/news/220407-yemen-police-academy-blast/
The EU’s foreign policy chief called Israel’s move to freeze the transfer of Palestinian tax revenues a violation of the Oslo Accords, urging the nation to renew the payments. She advised both sides to refrain from steps that might escalate the situation. http://rt.com/news/220379-israel-violates-oslo-accords/
As Russia celebrates Orthodox Christmas, the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, Kirill, has delivered his traditional address to believers. He said he prays for peace in Ukraine above all. http://rt.com/news/220363-orthodox-church-peace-ukraine/
A Mexican federal security official said drug cartels forced gang members to eat the hearts of murder victims as part of an initiation rite. The hidden purpose behind the alleged cannibalism was to root out infiltrators. http://rt.com/news/220375-mexican-gangs-initiation-cannibalism/
Twenty years after NASA’s iconic ‘Pillars of Creation’ image captured a series of gaseous columns stretching an astonishing five light years high, the space agency has recaptured the same scene and rendered it in high-definition. http://rt.com/usa/220387-nasa-pillars-creation-high-def/
The mayor of London says he agrees “passionately” with UKIP leader Nigel Farage that NHS staff must be able to speak proper English, and that the practice of translating information into other languages in the British capital must end. http://rt.com/uk/220351-immigration-uk-speak-english/
WASHINGTON — The House of Representatives voted Tuesday to once again make John Boehner its speaker, handing the Ohio Republican the gavel for the third time despite a late challenge by dissatisfied members of his own party. Tuesday’s vote saw the m… http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/06/john-boehner-house-speaker_n_6417628.html