A man stands in front of a sign for Meta, parent company of Facebook, at its headquarters in Menlo Park, California, on Oct. 28, 2021. Credit: REUTERS/Carlos Barria
Facebook’s parent company Meta will pay Texas $1.4 billion to settle a lawsuit that accused the company of using personal biometric data without users’ authorization.
On National Poll Worker Recruitment Day, Texas Secretary of State Jane Nelson encourages interested Texans to engage with the election process by signing up to be a poll worker.
State Representative Keith Bell is now accepting applications for students from House District 4 in Kaufman or Henderson County who wish to be selected as a recipient of the Texas Armed Services Scholarship Program (TASSP). Eligible students may receive up to $15,000 for the 2024-25 academic school year.
Mosquitoes looking for a blood meal use sensory cues like exhaled carbon dioxide, body heat and odor to find their prey. (Michael Miller/
AgriLife Extension entomologist talks mosquito menu preferences
Fallen tree branches obscure a house on July 12 in Houston’s Fifth Ward. Hurricane Beryl caused multi-day long outages in the area. Credit: Olivia Anderson/The Texas Tribune
The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association, the state’s insurer of last resort for homes and businesses on the Gulf Coast, will consider raising rates as climate change increases the chances of more severe storms and damages become more costly.
The National Education Association notes that recess and free play are critical to the development of students in grades pre-K through eighth grade.
Bullying continues to be a major problem across the country. The National Center for Education Statistics reports that one out of every five students reports being bullied, although many people do not admit to it occurring, so bullying might be even more prevalent than statistics indicate. The primary reasons for being bullied include physical appearance, race/ethnicity, gender, disability, religion, and sexual orientation.
Texas’ civilian labor force reached a new record-high total in June, marking the 6th consecutive month of growth. After adding 49,100 people over the month, Texas’ seasonally adjusted civilian labor force achieved a new high of 15,311,500 in June.
Many variables affect students’ academic performance. These include a willingness to learn, students’ attentiveness, having a great teacher, and kids’ commitment to studying and doing homework. One component of academic performance can be easily overlooked: eyesight.
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s (TPWD) Coastal Fisheries Division released the billionth hatchery- produced fingerling into Texas coastal waters.
“Rouvaldt Road Runner”
1. A while back, I wrote about ROAD RUNNERS that had at one time been rather numerous in this area but seem now to be disappearing. One had arrived on our patio and was chasing a Iarge insect.
Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) classes are now integral components of students’ educations. Increasingly students are drawn to STEM education, including pursuing STEM pathways in high school, because of the doors such an education can open in the future. According to the United States Department of Labor, there were nearly 10 million workers in STEM occupations in 2021, and this total is projected to grow by almost 11 percent by 2031 - roughly two times faster than the total for all occupations.
STEAM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics. These concepts work well to teach children of all ages how to ask and solve questions (Science), use tools from crayons to computers (Technology), recognize problems and seek solutions (Engineering), illustrate concepts they are learning (Art), and deal with numbers, patterns, shapes, and learn organizational skills (Mathematics).
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