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North Dakota board to reconsider nixing Pledge of Allegiance

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — The school board in North Dakota's largest city will reconsider its decision to stop reciting the Pledge of Allegiance at each of its meetings, after the move drew widespread criticism and threats of retaliation from some conservative state lawmakers. Fargo Board of Education President Dr. Tracie Newman told board members in a memo that she believes the pledge should be reinstated because the onslaught of “negative local and national feedback" could cost time and resources ahead of the new school year. She called a special meeting for Thursday. The Fargo board ...

Georgia woman charged after using pepper spray on school bus

BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia woman is jailed after police said she pepper-sprayed a school bus driver and bus monitor who were trying to remove her from a bus. Shaquayle Cuyler, 29, was arrested after she boarded a bus Tuesday morning in Brunswick following a Friday disagreement with the bus driver, Glynn County Schools Police Chief Rod Ellis told The Brunswick News. Cuyler boarded the bus when it stopped to pick up students, Ellis said. When the driver and monitor tried to remove her, Ellis said she aimed the pepper spray at the two adults. The driver and monitor were taken ...

Equating math to haiku

MARQUETTE — J.D. Phillips is drawn to “the intellectual beauty and depth of pure mathematics.” He describes mathematics as closer, in some ways, to poetry, painting and musical composition than to the laboratory sciences. “Mathematics is like haiku,” said Phillips, professor and ...

‘I didn’t really learn anything’: COVID grads face college

Angel Hope looked at the math test and felt lost. He had just graduated near the top of his high school class, winning scholarships from prestigious colleges. But on this test — a University of Wisconsin exam that measures what new students learned in high school — all he could do was guess. It was like the disruption of the pandemic was catching up to him all at once. Nearly a third of Hope’s high school career was spent at home, in virtual classes that were hard to follow and easy to brush aside. Some days he skipped school to work extra hours at his job. Some days he played ...

Education for caregivers of dementia patients to be offered

MARQUETTE — Upper Peninsula Commission for Area Progress will offer a three-part online Dementia training series, “Developing Dementia Dexterity,” for caregivers of people with Alzheimer’s disease or other dementia on from 11 a.m. to noon Thursdays, Aug. 25, Sept. 1 and Sept. 8. Each class is an hour long and includes The Dementia Overview for Family and Friends, Planning Activities for Persons with Dementia, and Understanding Behavior and Support Needs of Persons with Dementia. The Dementia Overview for Family and Friends training is at 11a.m. Thursday, Aug. 25. The one-hour ...

No return of investment: ‘U.P. Colony’ subject of upcoming book talk

MARQUETTE — Resource exploitation is the topic of the Aug. 11 U.P. Notable Book Club author event. The 20th event, which involves the Crystal Falls Community District Library partnering with the Upper Peninsula Publishers and Authors Association, will feature Phil Bellfy, Ph.D., whose ...