Showing posts with label transportation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label transportation. Show all posts
Friday, January 31, 2020
1/31/2020: Arizona Man Caught Driving In The HOV Lane With Fake Skeleton Riding Shotgun - Florida Python Bowl: Hunters Put the Squeeze on 80 Pythons
Today's Article: Arizona Man Caught Driving In The HOV Lane With Fake Skeleton Riding Shotgun
Tuesday, January 28, 2020
1/28/2020: Man who bought ‘residential’ firehouse sued by Seattle - for using as residence - Amtrak To Drop $25,000 Ticket Price For Two Wheelchair Users After Complaints
Today's Article: Man who bought ‘residential’ firehouse sued by Seattle - for using as residence
From: Kiro7.com
Readability Score: 11.4
Do governments have to go by the same rules as citizens?
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Today's Alternate Article: Amtrak To Drop $25,000 Ticket Price For Two Wheelchair Users After Complaints
Readability Score: 8.8
Wednesday, January 8, 2020
1/8/2020: Why Paris Opera singers and ballet dancers are protesting Emmanuel Macron - Lettuce and Airplane Recalls
Today's Article: Why Paris Opera singers and ballet dancers are protesting Emmanuel Macron
From: The Washington Post
Readability Score: 13.7
The Paris strikes are in part a protest against proposed changes to a generous retirement system. Artists like opera singers and ballet dancers are particularly concerned, as their careers tend to be over by their mid-40s. Today's article offers opportunities to talk about the value of the arts, the intention of retirement, and various retirement plans.
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https://www.izzit.org/events/index.php
Today's Alternate Article: Lettuce and Airplane Recalls
Readability Score: 8.2
Friday, September 21, 2018
9/21/2018: Stanford Name Changes - Shortage of truckers has industry considering 18-year olds
Today's Article: Stanford Name Changes
From: L.A. Times
Readability Score: 15.5
Stanford University’s leaders plan to strip some prominent campus references to Junipero Serra, the canonized 18th-century priest who established the
California mission system that critics now blame for decimating Native American communities.
Click here to view the entire article and classroom discussion questions:
https://www.izzit.org/events/index.php
Today's Alternate Article: Shortage of truckers has industry considering 18-year olds
Readability Score: 9.4
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