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What We've Found: Standardized tests, SEPTA cars, smartphone graffiti, bored economists, etc.
Lara Coleman here with your morning fix: Diane Ravitch, the once go-to advocate for standardized testing and other education based ideas, has now completely changed her mind about the things she supported, including No Child Left Behind and charter schools. Pirates have hijacked a Saudi Arabia tanker that was on it's way to Jeddah. SEPTA's newly transformed Silverliner V car was taken to the Roberts Yard in Germantown for testing and inspection. The new cars, set to be in service by late summer, cost $2.1 millon each to make. SEPTAlans on replacing 120 existing cars with these new models.
What We've Found: Standardized tests, SEPTA cars, smartphone graffiti, bored economists, etc.
Lara Coleman here with your morning fix:
Diane Ravitch, the once go-to advocate for standardized testing and other education based ideas, has now completely changed her mind about the things she supported, including No Child Left Behind and charter schools.
Pirates have hijacked a Saudi Arabia tanker that was on it's way to Jeddah.
SEPTAÂ’s newly transformed Silverliner V car was taken to the Roberts Yard in Germantown for testing and inspection. The new cars, set to be in service by late summer, cost $2.1 millon each to make. SEPTAlans on replacing 120 existing cars with these new models.
The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania is facing a lawsuit for refusing a patient, Marcus Murray, because he did not have health insurance. Murray, who had a tear in a major artery, suffered brain damage and is now blind due to lack of immediate treatment. RELATED: Pass. The Damn. Bill.
There is a new iPhone app for removing graffiti, which allows cities to take stock of graffiti, send cleanup crews and catalog evidence.
A couple in California replaced their grass with woodchips and now face a misdemeanor charge of violating of a city code.
Economists are looking for links between the the Olympic medal count and economies. Economist Daniel Johnson argues that the countries with the most medals, such as the United States and Germany, were also countries that are able to provide their athletes with a lot of financial support.
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