3/6/2020: Frozen Bird Tells About the Last Ice Age - PE credit doing yard work for the elderly and people with disabilities

Today's Article: Frozen Bird Tells About the Last Ice Age
From: Smithsonian Magazine
Readability Score: 12.9

Scientists hope to learn from a bird that ran..afowl...of the last Ice Age some 46,000 years ago.

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Readability Score: 9.9

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2/17/2017: MLB Plans to Test New Extra-Innings Rule in Rookie Ball - Youth Basketball Team Forfeits, Won't Play Season Without Girl Teammates

Today's Article: MLB Plans to Test New Extra-Innings Rule in Rookie Ball
From: Yahoo
Readability Score: 12.3

While the specifics of the rule are not final, the current plan is to start with a runner on second base in the 10th and every inning thereafter.

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Readability Score: 9.7

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9/21/2016: Meet the Parents Who Won't Let Their Children Study Literature - NFL Commissioner to Reluctant Football Parents: We're Making the Game Safer

Today's Article: Meet the Parents Who Won't Let Their Children Study Literature
From: Washington Post
Readability Score: 14.0

I found it shocking that some of the brightest students in Virginia had been misled...into thinking that choosing English or history as a major would doom them to lives as impecunious schoolteachers.

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Readability Score: 8.9

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3/8/2016: Schools Find Campaign Talk Conflicts with No Bullies Message - The Impact Of 'Concussion': High School Football Player Changes Course

Today's Article: Schools Find Campaign Talk Conflicts with No Bullies Message (11.2)
From: Associated Press

The nasty personal tweets and sound bites of the 2016 Republican presidential campaign are reverberating in classrooms, running counter to anti-bullying policies.

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1/27/2016: Evidence of Suspected Tennis Match-Fixing Revealed - How the N.B.A. 3-Point Shot Went From Gimmick to Game Changer

Today's Article: Evidence of Suspected Tennis Match-Fixing Revealed (12.6)
From: BBC

Secret files exposing evidence of widespread suspected match-fixing at the top level of world tennis, including at Wimbledon, can be revealed by the BBC and BuzzFeed News.

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