Virginia public school eighth-grader Meredith Lukas and her mother Carrie Lukas express their concerns for the new system.
America’s students should be worried about academics while in school, not politics, Virginia mother of five Carrie Lukas argued Tuesday on The Story with Martha MacCallum in reaction to the state s plan to eliminate accelerated math. Virginia’s made a big mistake, Lukas said. [We’re going to] try to be noisy about what we want and we really want challenging and a focus on academics, not on politics.
The state of Virginia has proposed to cancel advanced math options for students before eleventh grade to improve equity. The proposal will remove geometry and calculus as requirements and students have reported this could leave them feeling unprepared for future academic and professional ventures.
Increasing access to childcare and paid leave are vital to rebuilding the economy. Independent Women’s Forum President Carrie Lukas sat down for a live conversation with Representative Jackie Walorski to talk about bipartisan discussions on Capitol Hill and the Congresswoman’s new bill, The Working Families Childcare Access Act. Watch the recording below, and follow us on Facebook to stay up-to-date on upcoming events like this one.
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Coalition Letter In Opposition To State App Store Mandates | Independent Women s Forum iwf.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from iwf.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Dear Senator/Representative:
We, the undersigned, oppose state regulations on online application distribution platforms, more commonly known as app stores. Google’s Play Store is the largest app distribution platform, followed by Apple’s App Store. But they are not the only app distribution platforms; companies like Samsung, Amazon, and Sony also have app stores, and there are a host of other app stores available, such as Aptoide and F-Droid.
We are concerned that proposed mandates would fundamentally restructure the online application distribution ecosystem, which has provided consumers safe, secure, and easy access to the apps that populate our smartphones and make them so useful in everyday life. At the same time, app stores provide developers access to a global market, providing services that developers would otherwise be required to invest in themselves, such as distribution, marketing, and the infrastructure necessary to reach their customers.
Coalition Letter: Fix the Ban on State Tax Cuts | Independent Women s Forum iwf.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from iwf.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.