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Proof standardized testing doesn’t work? 64% of students in Pleasant Plains fail annual tests, 59% fail English

PLEASANT PLAINS (Heartland Newsfeed) -- Academic results data released recently reveals 36 percent of Pleasant Plains Middle School students are considered on track for the next grade level, according to a Heartland Newsfeed analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card. The end-of-year tests known as the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers, or PARCC, are administered to third- through eighth-graders in Illinois, testing them in reading and math based on Common Core standards. A composite score […]

todayDecember 28, 2017 4

Business & Lifestyle

Twitter rolls out double character count after testing

SAN FRANCISCO (UPI) -- Twitter announced Tuesday it is doubling the character limit for most users' tweets after two months of testing shows the possibility of expanded content shouldn't "substantially change" the timeline reading experience. The social media company started testing the 280-character limit in September for some users tweeting in languages that tend to have "cramming issues." More "dense" languages like Japanese, Korean and Chinese don't have as many problems keeping posts under the 140-character limit unlike English, Spanish or […]

todayNovember 8, 2017 2

Ballot Access News

Former international model challenges Bost in Republican primary

BENTON (Heartland Newsfeed) -- A 27-year-old former international model is challenging U.S. Representative Mike Bost (R-Murphysboro) for the Republican nomination in the 12th Congressional District. Preston Nelson, a Benton resident who works as a network service technician for Marion-based wireless internet company 4SIWI, is striving to become the youngest representative elected to Congress. He has worked in restaurants, modeled in Brazil and China and taught English previously. Nelson also characterizes himself as a libertarian activist. “I am running to save […]

todayOctober 27, 2017 3

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