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The San Francisco Unified School District will not be moving forward with a controversial equity grading strategy that was proposed this week after significant backlash.The strategy, known as “Grading for Equity,” was presented during a SFUSD Board of Education meeting on Tuesday, according to Superintendent Maria Su, with the goal of offering “professional development opportunity in standards-based grading.”Under the proposed standards, how a student scores on the final exam, which could be taken multiple times, would be what counts toward their grade for the semester, according to the Voice of San Francisco.Homework and weekly tests would not impact the grade,…

Albany Caledonian cemented their place at the top of the Great Southern Soccer Association senior men’s ladder with a last-gasp victory over Polonia on Saturday night.Only two goals in the final minute got them home after Polonia had taken a surprise lead through Escher Nash in the 21st minute.Jeremy Everett scored the equaliser in the 90th minute and seconds later Fraser Grant bagged the winner to break Polonia hearts.Caledonians now have maximum points after three games, leaving them two points clear of Phoenix and with a game in hand.Phoenix walloped six past Bayswater without reply, the goals coming at regular…

Investors reacted by embracing equities, and Japan’s Nikkei quickly rose 1.7 per cent, while South Korean shares gained 1.8 per cent to a nine-month high. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan edged up 0.5 per cent, while Chinese blue chips firmed 0.6 per cent. The ripples were felt worldwide as EUROSTOXX 50 futures rose 1.3 per cent, while FTSE futures gained 0.8 per cent and DAX futures 1.1 per cent. NVIDIA RELIEVES S&P 500 futures climbed 1.6 per cent, while Nasdaq futures rose 2.0 per cent. The latter had already been lifted by relief over earnings from Nvidia,…

Ngugi’s work critiqued both British colonialism in Kenya and postcolonial Kenyan society.Renowned Kenyan writer Ngugi wa Thiong’o has died at age 87, his family members have announced. “It is with a heavy heart that we announce the passing of our dad, Ngugi wa Thiong’o,” his daughter Wanjiku Wa Ngugi wrote on Facebook on Wednesday. “He lived a full life, fought a good fight,” she said. At the time of his death, Ngugi was reportedly receiving kidney dialysis treatments, but his immediate cause of death is still unknown. Born in Kenya in 1938, Ngugi will be remembered as one of Africa’s…

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Nvidia reported better-than-expected earnings and revenue on Wednesday, as the company’s booming data center business recorded year-over-year growth of 73%.The stock rose about 6% in extended trading.Here’s how the company did, compared with estimates from analysts polled by LSEG:Earnings per share: 96 cents adjusted vs. 93 cents expectedRevenue: $44.06 billion vs. $43.31 billion expectedNvidia said it expects about $45 billion in sales in the current quarter, versus LSEG estimates of $45.9 billion in sales in the July quarter. The company said its guidance would have been about $8 billion higher except for lost sales from a recent export restriction on…

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Senior State Department officials tell Fox News all visa holders associated with Harvard University are being scrutinized, not just student visa holders.Along with student visas, the State Department will be conducting a substantive investigation into B-1, or business visas; B-2, or tourist visas; as well as others, officials said.The investigation is aimed at identifying potential security vulnerabilities or other abuses of the visa system.The probe could impact hundreds of people associated with the elite school and could reveal if people entering with claimed connections truly have real connections or more tenuous connections.TRUMP ADMIN ASKING FEDERAL AGENCIES TO CANCEL REMAINING HARVARD…

The suspect and her alleged accomplice linked to the jet ski hit-and-run death of an Air Force cadet candidate over Memorial Day weekend have been identified as illegal immigrants, according to an Immigration and Customs Enforcement official.During a Wednesday news conference in Grapevine, Texas, Joshua Johnson, acting field director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Emergency Removal Operations in Dallas, confirmed that 21-year-old Daikerlyn Alejandra Gonzalez Gonzalez and 21-year-old Maikel Coello Perozo are both illegal immigrants from Venezuela. Gonzalez was allegedly operating the jet ski that struck and killed 18-year-old Ava Moore on Sunday at Grapevine Lake. Moore was a United…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Oklahoma City Thunder are now four wins away from their first title since moving out of Seattle.The Thunder are the kings of the Western Conference after manhandling the Minnesota Timberwolves, 124-94, in Game 5 of the conference finals on Wednesday night.It’s the first time the Thunder are in the NBA Finals since 2012 – that big three of a young Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook, and James Harden lost to the superteam that was the Miami Heat, led by LeBron James. Oklahoma City Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (2) points during the first…